Techno-fraud, the hard way by steevc

View this thread on: hive.blog | peakd.com | ecency.com

technology · @steevc · Jan 4 '17

$18.57

Techno-fraud, the hard way

Apparently there is an industry dedicated to getting mobile apps a high ranking. According to [this article](https://www.techinasia.com/viral-photo-china-shows-manipulate-app-store-rankings-hard) this picture may show this being done manually. It may be cheap enough in China to pay someone to sit there and install apps hundreds of times. Note that the image has not been verified, but these services do exist.

![Ipads](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8889903/pics/steemit/2017-01-04_ipad.png)

Is it not possible for the app-stores to notice such behaviour? If many apps are being installed on the same device in a short period then it's probably not genuine. They may also be able to spot rogue internet addresses, but I expect there are ways around this. 

The battle against fraud never ends. Someone will always find a way if there is money to be made.

![Verified](https://steevc.keybase.pub/steemit/steevc.png)

👍 blocktrades, abit, sonzweil, streetstyle, sesises, onetree, fyrstikken, katharsisdrill, l0k1, ervin-lemark, stephen.king989, steevc, harand, crowdfundedwhale, runridefly, steemprentice, lloyddavis, araki, rebelmeow, virtualgrowth, incomemonthly, tokyodude, clonewarz, craigwilliamz, ebryans, teamhumble, exanime15, jumowa, michaellamden68, plantsforpandas, breezin, thegame, steembets, ianstrat, steemland.com, trendwizard, fyrst-witness, sunnyfirms, rschenk, nataliia, nordland, sterneye, nik69

`author`	steevc
`permlink`	techno-fraud-the-hard-way
`category`	technology
`json_metadata`	{"tags":["technology","fraud","apple","china"],"image":["https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8889903/pics/steemit/2017-01-04_ipad.png","https://steevc.keybase.pub/steemit/steevc.png"],"links":["https://www.techinasia.com/viral-photo-china-shows-manipulate-app-store-rankings-hard"],"app":"steemit/0.1","format":"markdown"}
`created`	2017-01-04 12:16:48
`last_update`	2017-01-04 12:16:48
`depth`	0
`children`	4
`last_payout`	2017-02-04 13:01:03
`cashout_time`	1969-12-31 23:59:59
`total_payout_value`	14.012 HBD
`curator_payout_value`	4.559 HBD
`pending_payout_value`	0.000 HBD
`promoted`	0.000 HBD
`body_length`	923
`author_reputation`	1,380,157,079,310,329
`root_title`	"Techno-fraud, the hard way"
`beneficiaries`	`[]`
`max_accepted_payout`	1,000,000.000 HBD
`percent_hbd`	10,000
`post_id`	2,157,091
`net_rshares`	45,466,556,698,000
`author_curate_reward`	""

properties (23)vote details (43)

voter	rshares	pct
blocktrades	43,955,343,663,071	100%
abit	614,763,873,259	1%
ervin-lemark	28,249,391,791	100%
fyrstikken	48,031,191,562	1%
michaellamden68	2,392,392,758	100%
sonzweil	253,088,453,470	100%
incomemonthly	6,921,945,896	100%
streetstyle	158,596,301,922	100%
rschenk	121,112,886	100%
tokyodude	6,182,336,388	100%
clonewarz	5,773,172,175	100%
stephen.king989	27,171,575,704	100%
virtualgrowth	6,950,355,348	25%
steevc	23,985,475,145	100%
craigwilliamz	4,896,038,775	100%
onetree	49,779,071,273	100%
harand	22,268,910,061	100%
runridefly	17,242,837,762	67%
trendwizard	1,095,906,298	100%
l0k1	34,213,557,245	100%
rebelmeow	7,228,262,390	100%
sterneye	53,812,685	100%
nordland	55,057,319	100%
thegame	1,511,486,416	25%
lloyddavis	10,995,111,104	100%
steembets	1,375,786,108	25%
katharsisdrill	35,870,911,880	100%
ianstrat	1,371,283,710	100%
ebryans	4,192,611,218	100%
fyrst-witness	337,283,685	1%
nataliia	89,206,301	100%
steemland.com	1,258,733,580	25%
crowdfundedwhale	18,377,641,664	50%
breezin	1,526,097,267	100%
steemprentice	13,523,086,240	25%
teamhumble	3,850,651,955	100%
jumowa	3,695,448,267	100%
plantsforpandas	2,008,125,539	100%
sesises	77,539,608,953	100%
araki	10,424,827,139	100%
exanime15	3,844,865,630	100%
sunnyfirms	309,120,700	100%
nik69	50,115,461	100%

@karenmckersie · Jan 4 '17

Everyone turns a blind eye because their all making a bundle from these apps doing good ! So none of them care , and it looks like she's on at least 60 different devices ! Can you imagine sitting there all day doing that !? OMG! For barely any money I'm guessing ! And as usual the rich get richer ! 👍📱📲💻

👍 steevc

`author`	karenmckersie
`permlink`	re-steevc-techno-fraud-the-hard-way-20170104t130152604z
`category`	technology
`json_metadata`	{"tags":["technology"]}
`created`	2017-01-04 13:01:57
`last_update`	2017-01-04 13:01:57
`depth`	1
`children`	3
`last_payout`	2017-02-04 13:01:03
`cashout_time`	1969-12-31 23:59:59
`total_payout_value`	0.000 HBD
`curator_payout_value`	0.000 HBD
`pending_payout_value`	0.000 HBD
`promoted`	0.000 HBD
`body_length`	304
`author_reputation`	280,862,618,735,740
`root_title`	"Techno-fraud, the hard way"
`beneficiaries`	`[]`
`max_accepted_payout`	1,000,000.000 HBD
`percent_hbd`	10,000
`post_id`	2,157,395
`net_rshares`	9,724,041,668
`author_curate_reward`	""

properties (23)vote details (1)

voter	weight	wgt%	rshares	pct	time
steevc	0 B		9,724,041,668	39%

@steevc · Jan 4 '17

The problem is that many people will not look beyond the first page of the app store, so you need to be up there. There's all sorts of fraud going on such as registering masses of accounts for social sites. Steemit has been designed to discourage that, but we see bots voting en-masse

properties (22)

`author`	steevc
`permlink`	re-karenmckersie-re-steevc-techno-fraud-the-hard-way-20170104t130657822z
`category`	technology
`json_metadata`	{"tags":["technology"]}
`created`	2017-01-04 13:06:57
`last_update`	2017-01-04 13:06:57
`depth`	2
`children`	2
`last_payout`	2017-02-04 13:01:03
`cashout_time`	1969-12-31 23:59:59
`total_payout_value`	0.000 HBD
`curator_payout_value`	0.000 HBD
`pending_payout_value`	0.000 HBD
`promoted`	0.000 HBD
`body_length`	284
`author_reputation`	1,380,157,079,310,329
`root_title`	"Techno-fraud, the hard way"
`beneficiaries`	`[]`
`max_accepted_payout`	1,000,000.000 HBD
`percent_hbd`	10,000
`post_id`	2,157,434
`net_rshares`	0

@karenmckersie · Jan 4 '17

Well that's true ! I think it's going to be harder to control as more people join ! I'm sure they will come up with other ways to deal with it ! 😉👍

properties (22)

`author`	karenmckersie
`permlink`	re-steevc-re-karenmckersie-re-steevc-techno-fraud-the-hard-way-20170104t131319226z
`category`	technology
`json_metadata`	{"tags":["technology"]}
`created`	2017-01-04 13:13:24
`last_update`	2017-01-04 13:13:24
`depth`	3
`children`	1
`last_payout`	2017-02-04 13:01:03
`cashout_time`	1969-12-31 23:59:59
`total_payout_value`	0.000 HBD
`curator_payout_value`	0.000 HBD
`pending_payout_value`	0.000 HBD
`promoted`	0.000 HBD
`body_length`	147
`author_reputation`	280,862,618,735,740
`root_title`	"Techno-fraud, the hard way"
`beneficiaries`	`[]`
`max_accepted_payout`	1,000,000.000 HBD
`percent_hbd`	10,000
`post_id`	2,157,477
`net_rshares`	0

1 reply