Reference
Glossary
The words Darkmeter uses, and what they mean. Search by a term or by what you want to know.
12 terms
C
- Cap
- The most credits a person may use in a window, set by you.
- Cool-down
- A pause after a cap is reached, after which use can resume.
D
- Device token
- A signed value from the browser SDK that stands for a device, sent with logins and requests.
F
- Free-credit abuse
- One person collecting free usage more than a free tier intends, by repeat signups or by heavy use.
G
- Gate
- A call your backend makes before an AI request to ask whether the person may use more credits.
I
- Identity
- In Darkmeter, a group of accounts, emails and devices that likely belong to one person.
L
- Likely abuser
- An identity with several linked accounts claiming repeat credits, or use far over your caps.
- Likely true user
- An identity that looks like one person with normal use. Darkmeter says likely because it cannot be certain.
M
- Meter
- A running total of credits used by one person across every account they own.
- Multi-accounting
- One person holding several accounts, often to get several free allowances.
U
- Unclear
- An identity where Darkmeter's confidence is too low to label either way.
V
- Verdict
- Darkmeter's answer to a check or a gate: allow, limit, cool down, verify or block.
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