{"id":354694,"date":"2026-08-12T21:18:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T02:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/bill-gates-daughter-phoebes-app-accused-of-cookie-stuffing"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:18:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T02:18:22","slug":"bill-gates-daughter-phoebes-app-accused-of-cookie-stuffing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/bill-gates-daughter-phoebes-app-accused-of-cookie-stuffing","title":{"rendered":"Invoice Gates’ Daughter Phoebe’s App Accused of ‘Cookie Stuffing’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bill Gates<\/strong><\/a>‘ daughter is getting some heat after her app allegedly took credit for sales it didn’t drive … and a new report claims she knew it was happening.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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People with knowledge of the matter told Bloomberg<\/strong><\/a> that Phoebe Gates<\/strong> and her Phia co-founder Sophia Kianni<\/strong> had allegedly known about the practice since December and shared internal Slack messages about it.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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A Phia spokesperson had told the outlet back in July that they’d become aware of the “misattributions” only within the last 24 hours, saying at the time … “As soon as we were notified, our team worked overnight to identify, mitigate, and has since resolved the issue.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n


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But, according to Bloomberg, this new information tells a completely different story … that Phoebe and Sophia were allegedly knowingly participating in “cookie stuffing.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Here’s the deal … Phia — a price comparison, e-commerce app — implements a browser extension that helps shoppers find discount codes as part of the checkout process.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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As a result, the company earns commission from the partnering retailer when a purchase is made using the app.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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The problem was the extension was also fraudulently reporting that Phia was driving sales even when their product wasn’t used.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Bloomberg says the app would set a web tracking device known as a cookie into the checkout process.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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In a new statement, a Phia spokesperson told multiple outlets … “Any features causing misattributions were immediately removed over a month ago on July 7.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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They say they’re working on issuing transaction reversals to brand partners and are hiring a head of compliance to prevent something similar from happening in the future … but didn’t acknowledge that Phoebe and Sophia were allegedly aware of the cookie stuffing.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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According to an alleged Slack message from a Phia data scientist on July 7, cookie stuffing accounted for an estimated 51% of the sales the app was taking credit for during the month of June.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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