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Paywall Abuse Prevention: Protect Access and Reading Limits
Prevent paywall abuse with server-side entitlements, safe caching and persistent reading limits. Separate content leaks from account sharing.
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Device ban: how to block a repeat offender so the ban survives a new account
A device ban makes a ban stick to the device, not the account, so a banned user cannot walk back in under a fresh email. How it works and how to build it.
New vs returning visitors: what a good ratio is, and why the number is only as good as your cookies
New vs returning visitors benchmarks, how to compare your site with relevant peers, and why cookie loss can distort the ratio.
How to prevent ticket scalping
What ticket scalping is, how scalpers beat per-person limits with fake accounts, and how the device behind those accounts links them back to one buyer.
How to prevent referral fraud
What referral fraud is, the main types from self-referral to account farming, why it is hard to catch, and how the device behind fake referrals stops it.
How to prevent loyalty fraud
What loyalty fraud is, the main types from points theft to fake-account farming, why rewards programs are targets, and how device signals help stop it.
How to prevent gift card fraud
The merchant side of gift card fraud: how fraudsters cash out stolen cards, farm gift-card promos, and how the device behind those accounts links them.
How to prevent buy now, pay later (BNPL) fraud
What BNPL fraud is, the main types from account takeover to loan stacking, why the model is so exposed, and how to prevent it with device-level signals.
How to detect click farms
What a click farm is, how phone farms mass-produce fake installs, signups, and clicks, and how the devices behind that activity cluster back to one operation.
The 8 best bonus and promo abuse prevention tools in 2026
The 8 best bonus and promo abuse prevention tools in 2026, how prevention works by linking many bonus claims back to one person, and how to choose.
The best affiliate fraud detection tools in 2026: traffic and identity
The best affiliate fraud detection tools in 2026, split into click-fraud tools that score traffic in real time and device tools that catch self-referral.
How to prevent bonus abuse in iGaming without an ID gate
How to prevent bonus abuse in iGaming: the signals that reveal one person behind many accounts, how casinos spot multiple accounts, and how to stop it.
Seat sharing in SaaS: how to detect it and turn sharers into seats
How to detect seat sharing in a SaaS product: spotting one paid seat used by a whole team, the per-seat revenue it leaks, and how to convert sharers.