Skype detection has becom a selling point for UTMs and firewalls that go beyond stateful connections and look into actual traffic.

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This includes integrating third-party plagiarism detection technology to flag potential cases at the point of article submission.

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Daniel Loeb, the billionaire founder of New York hedge fund Third Point, also reportedly got former CIA operatives to teach his staff deception detection techniques and uses private investigators when the hedge fund is shorting a stock.

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In addition, many applications, such as fraud detection and billing reconciliation, will require real-time analysis at the point of arrival.

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