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A phone bot farm in action (files.catbox.moe)
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[-] tiramichu@lemm.ee 65 points 5 months ago

It's a nightmare that we live in a world where this bullshit even exists.

[-] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Or that sci-fi predicted it (For The Win)

[-] psychonova 4 points 5 months ago

i actually just finished another re-read of For The Win, and yeah, that's gotta be more relevant now than ever before ._.

[-] cmhe@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Just another artifact of the fact that advertiser financed businesses is not robust. And the end of them is likely coming nearer.

[-] Chozo@fedia.io 65 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

They appear to be scrolling through a single social media feed. This operation is likely what those social media "boosting" services are doing, where they'll bring a ton of new traffic to your profile to try to goad the algorithm into sending real users your way.

[-] kionite231@lemmy.ca 23 points 5 months ago

Is there a way to interact with GUI elements of Android using external device like a pc Or something?

[-] brian@lemmy.ca 35 points 5 months ago

There are a ton of things you can do with a keyboard natively on Android. I would imagine these use that plus a bit of software to emulate "real" movements, like the flicking down to scroll

[-] Vince@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

If it's just a browser you can connect to chrome devtools via web socket and send commands

[-] Zier@fedia.io 19 points 5 months ago

So all my followers/adoring fans are just 1 guy with a laptop? [crushed]

[-] DemBoSain@midwest.social 5 points 5 months ago

All of my Twitter followers are thot-bots. I don't even get the good ones that have pictures of cats in their bio. Just poorly photoshopped Kim Kardashian body swaps.

[-] CptEnder@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

https://minsoftware.vn/

Looks like these guys, seeding bot farm. Actually has some good writeups of their methodology.

this post was submitted on 29 Jun 2024
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