Phia, shopping service founded by Bill Gates's daughter, accused of 'cookie stuffing,' taking affiliate credit on purchases it didn't earn
2026-07-11 21:49 UTC
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@edgemaster72@lemmy.world 2026-07-11 22:08
Couldn’t even do theft in an original way, had to steal that too
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@spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 2026-07-11 22:50
Once the issue was flagged to Phia, a spokesperson told Bloomberg that all necessary changes had been made to fix the issue. This wasn’t an “issue”, nor have they “fixed” anything. Phia’s code was specifically and deliberately designed to steal commissions. Now that they’ve been caught they’ll will generously take out their malicious code and stop their thievery. Slow clap…
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@Professorozone@lemmy.world 2026-07-12 03:20
Apple… Tree. Not far.
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@panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 2026-07-11 22:46
That’s wrong? EVERYONE is doing this. Not that I support it, but I’m surprised it still works. Email clients do it, Reddit does it, tons of apps, even different browsers. I think at one point Microsoft was doing it in Edge (or was that only discount code stuffing?). Affiliate link and cookie rewriting is everywhere. ETA: Phia would override the referral codes from other affiliates and instead inject its own, allowing it to take credit for and potentially receive a commission on a purchase it didn’t earn. Just to be clear, if you post a link on Reddit, Reddit rewrites the it to add their own affiliate links. Microsoft does this. Chat apps do it. It’s not a secret. I should add “that’s wrong” is tongue in cheek. Obviously it’s wrong. My point is the rubicon has been crossed so many times it’s fucking ridiculous.
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@Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2026-07-13 04:12
like father, like daughter. steal other peoples product and name it yourself and sue to person so the PR doesnt get to you, also being ruthless.
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@MagnificentSteiner@lemmy.zip 2026-07-12 08:17
Seeing as people get away with this shit all the time, this is what Multi-Account Containers on Firefox are for. You can containerise each website or list of websites to a different tab group that can’t share cookies with each other.
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@luthis@lemmy.nz 2026-07-11 22:27
She gets the guillotine too. What the fuck is with rich people? It’s like the richer they get, the more they want to lie, cheat, and steal to get more.