How This Briefing Works
This dossier opens with key findings, then maps the gap between what Sardine.ai discloses and what BLACKOUT observed at runtime. From there: what it means for your organization, what to do about it, and the detection evidence underneath. BLACKOUT observes runtime browser behavior and cites the regulations that address each pattern — legal determinations are your counsel's call.
At a Glance
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vendor fires before consent
Briefing
Sardine provides real-time fraud detection using behavioral analysis and device fingerprinting. Detected BTI codes indicate session recording (C07), behavioral biometrics (C06), cross-domain sync (C08), fingerprinting (C10), and defeat device behavior (C01). Perfect CAC subsidization score reflects fraud intelligence network that monetizes your transaction patterns.
What This Means For You
Every legitimate transaction you approve trains Sardine fraud models protecting competitors. Your customer behavior patterns become shared intelligence. Meanwhile, privacy-conscious customers may be flagged as risky due to fingerprinting resistance, causing you to reject revenue. Perfect CAC subsidization score means competitors get your fraud prevention insights without your false positive costs.
Risk Channel Breakdown
Fraud detection relies on behavioral baselines that exclude privacy-conscious users. If 30%+ of legitimate customers trigger false positives due to privacy tools, revenue is systematically rejected.
Fraud prevention requires sharing transaction patterns across merchant network. Your customer behavior trains fraud models protecting competitors. Perfect CAC subsidization score means your fraud intelligence directly subsidizes competitor fraud prevention.
Expands attack surface
Behavioral biometrics and session recording without explicit consent violate GDPR Article 9. Cross-domain fraud tracking creates enforceability under multiple privacy frameworks.
Threat Indicators
Runtime-observed (BTI-C)
Evasion infrastructure, auditor bypass
Keystroke/mouse tracking
Full session replay
Identity stitching
Device identification
Per-code narrative explanations of what each detected behavior means for your organization
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Claims vs. Reality
BLACKOUT analyzed Sardine.ai's public claims against observed runtime behavior and identified 1 contradiction.
Full claim-vs-reality gap analysis with claim text, observed behavior, severity, regulatory citations (GDPR, CCPA, ePrivacy), and evidence pointers per gap See pricing →
What To Do
4 for current users · 3 for evaluators
contractual leverage points
Role-specific actions (security / legal / marketing / procurement), full negotiation brief with contractual language, and BTI-code-specific consequences See pricing →
Supply Chain & Pairings
Full supply-chain mapping (loads / loaded-by lists with vendor identities) and the undisclosed-subprocessor list with observation evidence See pricing →