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Old 12-06-2004, 01:48 PM  
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Originally posted by swedguy
Of course they can, anything is possible

My point is that it's NOT obvious. NATS has probably lots of security measures to make sure the sponsor isn't shaving. But you made it harder to see the easiest shave of them all, changing the tracking code.

The ones I've found and the ones that has been posted here is the ones that has been found by "just checking out the sponsor", not investigating if they shave.

"When I clicked the banner on the hosted gallery my wm ID 1234 suddenly changed to 999"
That's pretty easy to spot since you know what your wm ID is. But a 14 character string that is different for every site at that particular sponsor, is impossible to remember.

That's the only flaw I see. Other than that I'm sure you have a great product
And yes, they could do that with any system. Does it take an extra 30 seconds to look and see what your NATS code is before you try the links, yes. I don't see that as a huge deal tho vs. any other system. The codes also contain much more info than just the reseller ID.

And thank you, I'm glad you like the system overall.
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