Ask HN: Aren't botnets clicking on ads & algorithmic stock market trading same? 1 points by indus 12y ago ↗ HN Botnet fraud is illegal as it mimics humans. Isn't this analogous to algorithmic trading? Fifty years ago, humans did price discovery and not machines.
[–] cthom06 12y ago ↗ Botnet fraud is, umm, fraudulent? You're creating false information in order to get paid for a product (conversions) you did not deliver.Algorithmic trading doesn't do anything like that.
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[ 4.6 ms ] story [ 10.1 ms ] threadAlgorithmic trading doesn't do anything like that.