Smart Signals Articles

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July 18, 2024

Product update: Data-driven fraud detection with Velocity Signals

Velocity Signals, part of Fingerprint Smart Signals, counts important data points per visitor. Businesses can integrate this data into their risk-decisioning process when visitors engage with their site.

How to Use VPN Detection to Prevent Location Spoofing Fraud
May 1, 2024

How to Use VPN Detection to Prevent Location Spoofing Fraud

Many applications must apply content restrictions, regional discounts, or other features based on the visitor's geographical location. Fingerprint VPN detection lets you detect if a visitor is using a VPN and spoofing their location.

How does Fingerprint’s device intelligence compare with Google Integrity API?
April 16, 2024

How does Fingerprint’s device intelligence compare with Google Integrity API?

Learn why Google's Play Integrity API alone isn't enough and how Fingerprint's Smart Signals can ensure robust app protection.

Browser Spoofing: What it is and how to detect it
March 8, 2024

Browser Spoofing: What it is and how to detect it

Learn about browser tampering, its impact on security, user-driven changes to fingerprints, and advanced detection methods.

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March 5, 2024

Product roundup: AWS Marketplace, our iOS demo, and more enterprise updates

Discover Fingerprint's new releases on AWS Marketplace, including our iOS Device Intelligence Demo and more.

Privacy-Focused Browser Settings: What Businesses Need To Know
February 27, 2024

Privacy-Focused Browser Settings: What Businesses Need To Know

Learn about privacy-focused settings in fraud risk assessment and how these settings impact browser detection.

Detecting Suspicious Mobile Device Activity with Factory Reset Times
February 22, 2024

Detecting Suspicious Mobile Device Activity with Factory Reset Times

Understand how fraudsters exploit mobile device factory resets and how to detect suspicious patterns in this insightful article.

How to Prevent Mobile Fraud by Detecting Jailbroken Phones
February 22, 2024

How to Prevent Mobile Fraud by Detecting Jailbroken Phones

Understand the risks of jailbroken phones to mobile app security, why users jailbreak, and how to protect your services with detection.

Navigating the Risks of User-Initiated App Cloning
December 5, 2023

Navigating the Risks of User-Initiated App Cloning

Mitigate risks with strategies for detecting and dealing with user-initiated app cloning and its impact on business security.

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September 22, 2023

What is VPN detection? How to detect a VPN with an API

Learn VPN detection methods including database validation, timezone mismatch, OS mismatch & more. Detecting VPNs better identify users and prevents fraud.

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August 31, 2023

Virtual machines and fraud: the fraud attacks you can’t see

Discover the roles of virtual machines in fraud, types available, and the importance of virtual machine detection.

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August 17, 2023

The basics of Android emulators and Android tampering and why detection is vital for mobile fraud prevention

Understand Android emulators and tampering methods, their impact on businesses, and how device intelligence aids detection.