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AI scrapers request commented scripts
(cryptography.dog)
255 points
ColinWright
| 2 comments |
31 Oct 25 15:44 UTC
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bigbuppo
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31 Oct 25 20:02 UTC
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>>45773347 (OP)
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Sounds like you should give the bots exactly what they want... a 512MB file of random data.
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aDyslecticCrow
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31 Oct 25 21:15 UTC
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>>45776094
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Scraper sinkhole of randomly generated inter-linked files filled with AI poison could work. No human would click that link, so it leads to the "exclusive club".
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oytis
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31 Oct 25 21:45 UTC
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>>45776784
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Outbound traffic normally costs more than inbound one, so the asymmetry is set up wrong here. Data poisoning is probably the way.
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ID:
GO
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zahlman
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31 Oct 25 22:07 UTC
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> Outbound traffic normally costs more than inbound one, so the asymmetry is set up wrong here.
That's what zip bombs are for.
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