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greenbandit
·2 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
This might work in cases where those with the data are engaged in noble acts, but not ever actor is.

I scrape and process websites of actors engaged in fraud. I do this to make the data more presentable to the proper authorities and to help uncover further evidence of their activities.

I suspect that asking for consent would be quickly denied and the data/evidence would quickly become inaccessible.
greenbandit
·2 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
> cute little altruistic process

Maybe it is not the opinion which is unpopular, but the way it is being presented.
greenbandit
·2 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
I use web scraping to identify and monitor fraud.

Exhibit A: https://archive.ph/0ZUA8

This website is used to recruit people to set up "lead generation" Google Business Profiles and leave paid reviews.

Exhibit B: https://archive.ph/WWZuw

This is an example of the Craigslist ad used to initially attract people to the website above.

Exhibit C: https://archive.ph/wip/7Xig4

This is one of the Google Maps contributors which left paid reviews.

If you start with the reviews on that profile, you'll find a network of Google Business Profiles for fake service-area businesses connected through paid reviews.

Web scraping allows me to collect this type of data at scale.

I also use scraping to monitor the status of fake listings. If they are removed, the actor behind them will often get them reinstated. This allows me to report them again.
greenbandit
·2 ปีที่แล้ว·discuss
I don't think the smallest binary was the goal but rather the smallest compiled binary. I assume they were restricted to a specific compiler as well.