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The web does not need gatekeepers: Cloudflare’s new “signed agents” pitch

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454 points positiveblue | 1 comments | 29 Aug 25 16:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.23s | source
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TIPSIO ◴[29 Aug 25 16:57 UTC] No.45066555[source]▶
Everyone loves the dream of a free for all and open web.

But the reality is how can someone small protect their blog or content from AI training bots? E.g.: They just blindly trust someone is sending Agent vs Training bots and super duper respecting robots.txt? Get real...

Or, fine what if they do respect robots.txt, but they buy the data that may or may not have been shielded through liability layers via "licensed data"?

Unless you're reddit, X, Google, or Meta with scary unlimited budget legal teams, you have no power.

Great video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/M0QyOp7zqcY

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1. tonetegeatinst ◴[29 Aug 25 18:45 UTC] No.45067890[source]▶
Onion sites have bots and scrapers.

They don't use cloudlfare AFAIK.

They normally use a puzzle that the website generates, or the use a proof of work based capcha. I've found proof of work good enough out of these two, and it also means that the site owner can run it themselves instead of being reliant on cloudflare and third parties.