Hey 🙂
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frauds in uploaded activities???

We have been using Strava API since 2017 and organize hundreds of local sports and eco challenges, very often with prizes, e.g. from local authorities. Credibility of the data and fraud detection is though very important.
We've experienced cases when users upload manually to Strava activities which were well prepared in widely available tools - those activities have a reliable .gpx track, data about source (all sports devices) and looks like real activities.
Quite often they download .gpx tracks from other Strava users and edit them (e.g. adding timestamps in any .gpx editor or editing device source)
To make our events we need to somehow spot those fraudulent activities.
Do you have any idea how we can recognize them?
Huge thanks for help in advance!
Have an active day! 🙂
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