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Who are the BOTS? Are they Russian?

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Post by Original Quill Thu Apr 12, 2018 12:51 pm

The schedule below tells us: "42 users online :: 3 Registered, 0 Hidden and 39 Guests :: 2 Bots." So I'm wondering, who among us are the bots?

As an aside, there is so much talk these days of the IRA bots from Russia...could we be infected? Who would they be now that SB is gone?

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Post by Andy Thu Apr 12, 2018 1:28 pm

15 are Russian. 10 from Facebook. The remainder are spyware from a Turkish troll site.
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Post by Original Quill Thu Apr 12, 2018 3:23 pm

lol!

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Post by 'Wolfie Thu Apr 12, 2018 4:09 pm

Idea

When there's only "2 Bots", I'm guessing Google and Bing  ???

They have been two of the leading data-collectors for advertising for yonks...
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Post by Original Quill Thu Apr 12, 2018 5:00 pm

Weeeelll...I'm guessing Tommy and gelico.

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Post by veya_victaous Fri Apr 13, 2018 12:22 am

WhoseYourWolfie wrote:Idea

When there's only "2 Bots", I'm guessing Google and Bing  ???

They have been two of the leading data-collectors for advertising for yonks...

yeah we average 1 to 3 bots so it just the search engines Wink
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