<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-size: 13px;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family: arial,sans-serif;">If one needs a synthetic internet traffic generator in order to protect against traffic analysis, how does one tell the difference from an ad scamming scheme?<br><br>Among other things, a synthetic traffic generator must -- as a side-effect -- produce a number of "ad impressions" which will never be seen by a human. Could one be sued for using such a traffic generator?<br><br>Here is one such ad scamming scheme:<br><br>https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/20/ad_scam_traffic_alchemist/<br><br>https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2211f3_3f591987fcaf406cb8b5a1d7675f95be~mv2_d_2550_7923_s_4_2.png<br></div></body></html>