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How the ‘Grinch Bots’ are stealing Christmas
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18 minutes
Released:
Dec 9, 2021
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Podcast episode
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Guest: Jake Roach, senior writer, computing at Digitaltrends.com If you've tried to buy a hot ticket item online like a new video game console, PC graphics cards or high end sneakers, you know that it is a race against the bots to purchase it. Now, as the holiday season approaches, these programs are spreading to other highly sought after items like toys, prompting members of U.S. Congress to table the Stopping Grinch Bots Act. Building on legislation that first targeted concert tickets which have long been scooped up by scalper's bots, there are plenty of questions about enforcement, jurisdictions and whether it will have any effect at all.
Released:
Dec 9, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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