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831: Preventing Spam and Fraud
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From CAPTCHAs to shadow banning, Scott and Wes break down the best strategies for keeping your app safe from spam and fraud. They cover tools like email verification, rate limiting, shadow banning, and more to protect your users and data.
Show Notes 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
00:15 The problem.
02:47 Brought to you by Sentry.io.
04:23 CAPTCHA.
06:24 Data collection.
07:11 Stripe Radar score calculation.
09:12 Rate limiting.
11:34 Shadow banning.
13:53 Email verification.
15:38 Tie to accounts.
16:23 Tied to real identity.
19:36 Manual approval.
21:19 Blocking ASN.
23:17 Honey pot field.
24:28 SMS verification.
25:05 Mechanical Turk.
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