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References

In short The public sources behind the cases in this paper.

Sources for the cases in The problem. Links were checked in October 2026.

1. Imperva (Thales). Bad Bot Report 2026: Bots in the Agentic Age. April 2026. Automated traffic was more than 53% of all web traffic in 2025, up from 51% in 2024. imperva.com
2. Plesner, A., Vontobel, T. and Wattenhofer, R. Breaking reCAPTCHAv2. ETH Zurich, arXiv:2409.08831, September 2024. arxiv.org
3. CNN. Arup revealed as victim of $25 million deepfake scam involving Hong Kong employee. 16 May 2024. cnn.com
4. US Federal Trade Commission. New FTC Data Show a Big Jump in Reported Losses to Fraud to $12.5 Billion in 2024. 10 March 2025. ftc.gov
5. US Federal Trade Commission. Federal Trade Commission Announces Final Rule Banning Fake Reviews and Testimonials. 14 August 2024. ftc.gov
6. Meta. Community Standards Enforcement Report, fake accounts, Q4 2024; figure as cited in written evidence to the UK Parliament. transparency.meta.com, committees.parliament.uk
7. The Defiant. LayerZero Labs Identifies 800,000 Potential Sybil Addresses in Public List. 2024. thedefiant.io
8. 404 Media. ID Verification Service for TikTok, Uber, X Exposed Driver Licenses. June 2024. 404media.co

Note Kin Identity is not affiliated with any of the organisations above. They are cited only as public evidence of the problems this paper describes.