Comment on FBI busts musician’s elaborate AI-powered $10M streaming-royalty heist
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 11 months agoThis is basically the same way you get on the NYT bestseller list - buy your own books.
Comment on FBI busts musician’s elaborate AI-powered $10M streaming-royalty heist
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 11 months agoThis is basically the same way you get on the NYT bestseller list - buy your own books.
Michal@programming.dev 11 months ago
The times doesn’t pay you royalties for your book sales, and it doesn’t cost you anything. They also detect if someone is messing with the system and display a dagger symbol if you are found to inflate your numbers.
Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 11 months ago
True, but if you are a politician and you pay a ghost writer then political groups can bulk purchase your book as a way of laundering bribe money
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 11 months ago
Of course they don’t pay, but getting on the list is fantastic advertising for your book and that pays.
Jack Rhysider’s research on this suggest otherwise.
Michal@programming.dev 11 months ago
Was this on Darknet Diaries? I must have missed that ep. Sounds interesting.
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 11 months ago
Yes, it’s the link in my comment above.