How Candy Japan got credit card fraud somewhat under control
<i>If you suspect an order is fraud, don't go out and say to the criminal "hey, I declined your super suspicious order!". Instead, play dead. Pretend they got you. Tell them "thank you for your order", behaving exactly the same way as if it really was a successful order.</i><p>The name of the game is to make things cost more for your enemies than they cost for you. Removing instant feedback is key. Instant feedback is great. Delayed feedback is costly.<p>This is in large part why most DRM and anti-cheat failures happened. Companies and developers need to think about the economics of what's going on. It's not the side with the trickiest mechanism that wins. It's the team with economics on their side.<p>(Amateurs: tactics, pros: logistics)