Bots are cheap and effective. One startup trolls them into going away
TechCrunch Startup News · TechCrunch
February 6, 20197m 9s
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Show Notes
Bots are ruining the internet. When they’re not pummeling a website with usernames and passwords from a long list of stolen credentials, they’re scraping the price of hotels or train tickets and odds from betting sites to get the best data. Or, they’re just trying to knock a website offline for hours at a time. There’s an entire underground economy where bots are the primary tools used in automating fraudulent purchases, scraping content and launching cyberattacks.
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