Comment on FBI busts musician’s elaborate AI-powered $10M streaming-royalty heist
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 3 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 3 months agoThis is basically the same way you get on the NYT bestseller list - buy your own books.
Michal@programming.dev 3 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 3 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 3 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 3 months ago
Was this on Darknet Diaries? I must have missed that ep. Sounds interesting.
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 3 months ago
Yes, it’s the link in my comment above.