The mechanism works because online retail pays commission to the last referrer before a sale -- a browser extension sees every checkout and can overwrite the original reviewer's code with its own at the last second. Bloomberg verified it happening across 50+ retailers including Walmart, Nike, and Zara, even when shoppers came through a Wirecutter review or typed the URL themselves. Impact.com suspended the extensionended Phia and opened an investigation; Honey allegedly did the same thing, sold to PayPal for $4 billion, and is in a class action over it now.
No. This is why people need to be more trained/educated about these possibilities, and coders/software companies need to be held responsible for the code that allows this stuff to happen. Companies that push trackers on everything also need to be held accountable.
More surveillance is dangerous and stupid. Ask any Brit if they want more surveillance. If they had any more there would be cops sitting beside them when they are on their home PC sharing a meme.
The apple didn't fall far from the tree.
Gates has been a thief his whole life.
Xerox agrees.
That was my first problem with Gates and Microsoft. I am a long-time UNIX/Linux/X Windows guy and that still pisses me off.
Like father like daughter they are thieves.
All the money gates has, you’d think she wouldn’t need to be a thief but, there she is.
Daddy taught her well.
Yep
Well - it could have something to do with this also:
https://www.gatesnotes.com/home/home-page-topic/reader/n20-years-to-give-away-virtually-all-my-wealth
The mechanism works because online retail pays commission to the last referrer before a sale -- a browser extension sees every checkout and can overwrite the original reviewer's code with its own at the last second. Bloomberg verified it happening across 50+ retailers including Walmart, Nike, and Zara, even when shoppers came through a Wirecutter review or typed the URL themselves. Impact.com suspended the extensionended Phia and opened an investigation; Honey allegedly did the same thing, sold to PayPal for $4 billion, and is in a class action over it now.
SOURCE: https://x.com/aakashgupta/status/2075802765251768768 SOURCE (mirror): https://xcancel.com/aakashgupta/status/2075802765251768768
So she skimmed?
Marketing industry in a nutshell
Astounding that a daughter of a mega millionaire believed she needed to skim money off other people.
A little extra pocket change can always help, even if daddy is a billionaire.
This is why the internet needs more surveillance.
No. This is why people need to be more trained/educated about these possibilities, and coders/software companies need to be held responsible for the code that allows this stuff to happen. Companies that push trackers on everything also need to be held accountable.
More surveillance is dangerous and stupid. Ask any Brit if they want more surveillance. If they had any more there would be cops sitting beside them when they are on their home PC sharing a meme.
Sounds like wire fraud to me.