Amazon's Shadow Marketplace: The Dark Side of Faked Branding Amazon often walks a fine line between facilitating legitimate trade and enabling counterfeiting operations in its pursuit of profit.
A recent browser extension called Knockoff has shed light on the shadowy practice of faking brand names to sell imitation products, often with disregard for customer satisfaction or intellectual property rights.
Knockoff, developed by Josh Pigford, is a free browser extension available for Chrome and Firefox that dims listings from suspicious brands. While the tool may seem minor, its impact is significant.