Preventing users from creating multiple accounts based on different parameters
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I have a situation where I have a known bug in the system but it cannot be fixed until the the API provider makes some changes to their API in order to prevent that bug.
Now my question here is:
Is there any way in order to know whether one user (based on IP or something like that) to know with 99% certainty that it is the same user creating a different account?
I'm guessing that this can be done by IP, OS detection... But I'm not too sure if there are any algorithms out there that can be used for this kind of detection?
What kind of parameters and algorithms can be used for this kind of problem?
Can someone help me out?
c# asp.net asp.net-mvc algorithm asp.net-mvc-4
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I have a situation where I have a known bug in the system but it cannot be fixed until the the API provider makes some changes to their API in order to prevent that bug.
Now my question here is:
Is there any way in order to know whether one user (based on IP or something like that) to know with 99% certainty that it is the same user creating a different account?
I'm guessing that this can be done by IP, OS detection... But I'm not too sure if there are any algorithms out there that can be used for this kind of detection?
What kind of parameters and algorithms can be used for this kind of problem?
Can someone help me out?
c# asp.net asp.net-mvc algorithm asp.net-mvc-4
asked Nov 20 at 13:29
User987
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Can you ask the user for their phone number? It's a lot more 'user specific' than an email address.
– Peter Carpenter
Nov 20 at 13:32
@PeterCarpenter sure that's another option... Is there any other parameter that could be used ?
– User987
Nov 20 at 14:35
I can't think of any silver bullets, but hopefully someone else will point you in the right direction.
– Peter Carpenter
Nov 21 at 7:48
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I have a situation where I have a known bug in the system but it cannot be fixed until the the API provider makes some changes to their API in order to prevent that bug.
Now my question here is:
Is there any way in order to know whether one user (based on IP or something like that) to know with 99% certainty that it is the same user creating a different account?
I'm guessing that this can be done by IP, OS detection... But I'm not too sure if there are any algorithms out there that can be used for this kind of detection?
What kind of parameters and algorithms can be used for this kind of problem?
Can someone help me out?
c# asp.net asp.net-mvc algorithm asp.net-mvc-4
asked Nov 20 at 13:29
User987
1,28931844
I have a situation where I have a known bug in the system but it cannot be fixed until the the API provider makes some changes to their API in order to prevent that bug.
Now my question here is:
Is there any way in order to know whether one user (based on IP or something like that) to know with 99% certainty that it is the same user creating a different account?
I'm guessing that this can be done by IP, OS detection... But I'm not too sure if there are any algorithms out there that can be used for this kind of detection?
What kind of parameters and algorithms can be used for this kind of problem?
Can someone help me out?
c# asp.net asp.net-mvc algorithm asp.net-mvc-4
c# asp.net asp.net-mvc algorithm asp.net-mvc-4
asked Nov 20 at 13:29
User987
1,28931844
asked Nov 20 at 13:29
User987
1,28931844
asked Nov 20 at 13:29
User987
1,28931844
asked Nov 20 at 13:29
User987
1,28931844
asked Nov 20 at 13:29
User987
1,28931844
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Can you ask the user for their phone number? It's a lot more 'user specific' than an email address.
– Peter Carpenter
Nov 20 at 13:32
@PeterCarpenter sure that's another option... Is there any other parameter that could be used ?
– User987
Nov 20 at 14:35
I can't think of any silver bullets, but hopefully someone else will point you in the right direction.
– Peter Carpenter
Nov 21 at 7:48
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Can you ask the user for their phone number? It's a lot more 'user specific' than an email address.
– Peter Carpenter
Nov 20 at 13:32
@PeterCarpenter sure that's another option... Is there any other parameter that could be used ?
– User987
Nov 20 at 14:35
I can't think of any silver bullets, but hopefully someone else will point you in the right direction.
– Peter Carpenter
Nov 21 at 7:48
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Can you ask the user for their phone number? It's a lot more 'user specific' than an email address.
– Peter Carpenter
Nov 20 at 13:32
Can you ask the user for their phone number? It's a lot more 'user specific' than an email address.
– Peter Carpenter
Nov 20 at 13:32
@PeterCarpenter sure that's another option... Is there any other parameter that could be used ?
– User987
Nov 20 at 14:35
@PeterCarpenter sure that's another option... Is there any other parameter that could be used ?
– User987
Nov 20 at 14:35
I can't think of any silver bullets, but hopefully someone else will point you in the right direction.
– Peter Carpenter
Nov 21 at 7:48
I can't think of any silver bullets, but hopefully someone else will point you in the right direction.
– Peter Carpenter
Nov 21 at 7:48
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Can you ask the user for their phone number? It's a lot more 'user specific' than an email address.
– Peter Carpenter
Nov 20 at 13:32
@PeterCarpenter sure that's another option... Is there any other parameter that could be used ?
– User987
Nov 20 at 14:35
I can't think of any silver bullets, but hopefully someone else will point you in the right direction.
– Peter Carpenter
Nov 21 at 7:48