{
  "id": 51204,
  "title": "IP,Device & OS combination",
  "url": "/competitions/talkingdata-adtracking-fraud-detection/discussion/51204",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2018-03-06T14:11:44.952114600Z",
  "votes": 11,
  "comment_count": 8,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>I found that for an IP  95891 mapping of (app+Device)---&gt; OS is one-many\nThe change occurred in a span of 3 days. Does that means the user is changing his OS everyday? or is it an indication of some fraudulent clicking?</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "291627",
      "postDate": "03/06/2018 14:11:44",
      "content": "<p>I found that for an IP  95891 mapping of (app+Device)---&gt; OS is one-many\nThe change occurred in a span of 3 days. Does that means the user is changing his OS everyday? or is it an indication of some fraudulent clicking?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I found that for an IP  95891 mapping of (app+Device)---&gt; OS is one-many\nThe change occurred in a span of 3 days. Does that means the user is changing his OS everyday? or is it an indication of some fraudulent clicking?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "291651",
      "postDate": "03/06/2018 15:14:22",
      "content": "<p>You are right, I think it is caused by fraudulent traffic, some ad channels are responsible for this.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "You are right, I think it is caused by fraudulent traffic, some ad channels are responsible for this.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "291782",
      "postDate": "03/06/2018 20:51:08",
      "content": "<p>What if it was a shared IP?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "What if it was a shared IP?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "293141",
      "postDate": "03/09/2018 08:47:59",
      "content": "<p>Just a thought encoded IP is at user level or not is not sure. It might be at network level also or may be dynamic IP by service provider</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Just a thought encoded IP is at user level or not is not sure. It might be at network level also or may be dynamic IP by service provider",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "293493",
      "postDate": "03/10/2018 01:18:14",
      "content": "<p>@Nagaraju I'm learning to do data exploration, curious about how you find out about such cases? Thanks!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Nagaraju I'm learning to do data exploration, curious about how you find out about such cases? Thanks!",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "293603",
      "postDate": "03/10/2018 08:04:35",
      "content": "<p>Hi chisq\nJust based on basic click stream data knowledge , I assumed that multiple OS values to single IP is not possible unless it's a shared IP. So sorted the data descending  on the basis of number of clicks per IP and found this anomaly case \nHope it helps :)</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi chisq\nJust based on basic click stream data knowledge , I assumed that multiple OS values to single IP is not possible unless it's a shared IP. So sorted the data descending  on the basis of number of clicks per IP and found this anomaly case \nHope it helps :)",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "293799",
      "postDate": "03/10/2018 16:38:15",
      "content": "<p>I see. So first group (#of clicks) by IP and then sort by the number is an interesting trick I can probably apply to other cases. Thanks for sharing!</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I see. So first group (#of clicks) by IP and then sort by the number is an interesting trick I can probably apply to other cases. Thanks for sharing!",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "301719",
      "postDate": "03/23/2018 06:44:27",
      "content": "<p>You might also like to group #clicks by (ip,device,os) to narrow it down to fewer groups of users. Or some grouping of os (it's long-tailed).</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "You might also like to group #clicks by (ip,device,os) to narrow it down to fewer groups of users. Or some grouping of os (it's long-tailed).",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "2080092",
      "postDate": "12/29/2022 20:54:54",
      "content": "<p>what about pirvate ips pools </p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "what about pirvate ips pools",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 2080092,
      "author_name": "noman223",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "12/29/2022 20:54:54",
      "content": "<p>what about pirvate ips pools </p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 291651,
      "author_name": "aaronyin",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "03/06/2018 15:14:22",
      "content": "<p>You are right, I think it is caused by fraudulent traffic, some ad channels are responsible for this.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 291782,
      "author_name": "muhammadalfiansyah",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "03/06/2018 20:51:08",
      "content": "<p>What if it was a shared IP?</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 293141,
      "author_name": "vishaljindal0",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "03/09/2018 08:47:59",
      "content": "<p>Just a thought encoded IP is at user level or not is not sure. It might be at network level also or may be dynamic IP by service provider</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 293493,
      "author_name": "chisq1564",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "03/10/2018 01:18:14",
      "content": "<p>@Nagaraju I'm learning to do data exploration, curious about how you find out about such cases? Thanks!</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 293603,
          "author_name": "rajuspartan",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "03/10/2018 08:04:35",
          "content": "<p>Hi chisq\nJust based on basic click stream data knowledge , I assumed that multiple OS values to single IP is not possible unless it's a shared IP. So sorted the data descending  on the basis of number of clicks per IP and found this anomaly case \nHope it helps :)</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 293799,
          "author_name": "chisq1564",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "03/10/2018 16:38:15",
          "content": "<p>I see. So first group (#of clicks) by IP and then sort by the number is an interesting trick I can probably apply to other cases. Thanks for sharing!</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        },
        {
          "id": 301719,
          "author_name": "smcinerney",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "03/23/2018 06:44:27",
          "content": "<p>You might also like to group #clicks by (ip,device,os) to narrow it down to fewer groups of users. Or some grouping of os (it's long-tailed).</p>",
          "votes": null,
          "replies": []
        }
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    "291627": "I found that for an IP  95891 mapping of (app+Device)---&gt; OS is one-many\nThe change occurred in a span of 3 days. Does that means the user is changing his OS everyday? or is it an indication of some fraudulent clicking?",
    "291651": "You are right, I think it is caused by fraudulent traffic, some ad channels are responsible for this.",
    "291782": "What if it was a shared IP?",
    "293141": "Just a thought encoded IP is at user level or not is not sure. It might be at network level also or may be dynamic IP by service provider",
    "293493": "Nagaraju I'm learning to do data exploration, curious about how you find out about such cases? Thanks!",
    "293603": "Hi chisq\nJust based on basic click stream data knowledge , I assumed that multiple OS values to single IP is not possible unless it's a shared IP. So sorted the data descending  on the basis of number of clicks per IP and found this anomaly case \nHope it helps :)",
    "293799": "I see. So first group (#of clicks) by IP and then sort by the number is an interesting trick I can probably apply to other cases. Thanks for sharing!",
    "301719": "You might also like to group #clicks by (ip,device,os) to narrow it down to fewer groups of users. Or some grouping of os (it's long-tailed).",
    "2080092": "what about pirvate ips pools"
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