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by mirimir 2971 days ago
In this case, the add-click businesses engaged in fraud. So was it fraud to trick them?
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dllthomas 2970 days ago
... yes? "My target is also guilty" is not a defense against fraud...
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mirimir 2970 days ago
I get that. At least, if you're both contributing to fraud against advertisers.

But what about if tricking ad fraudsters avoided defrauding advertisers?

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