Pro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoCodeberg: army of AI crawlers are extremely slowing us; AI crawlers learned how to solve the Anubis challenges.i.imgur.comimagemessage-square225linkfedilinkarrow-up11.1Karrow-down112file-text
arrow-up11.09Karrow-down1imageCodeberg: army of AI crawlers are extremely slowing us; AI crawlers learned how to solve the Anubis challenges.i.imgur.comPro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square225linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePhilipTheBucket@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoIs that really true? I guess I have no reason to doubt it, I just hadn’t heard it before.
minus-squaresudo@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoHere’s one example of a proxy provider offering to pay developers to inject their proxies into their apps. (“100% ethical proxies” because they signed a ToS). Another is BrightData proxies traffic through users of their free HolaVPN. IOT and smart TVs are also obvious suspects.
Is that really true? I guess I have no reason to doubt it, I just hadn’t heard it before.
Here’s one example of a proxy provider offering to pay developers to inject their proxies into their apps. (“100% ethical proxies” because they signed a ToS). Another is BrightData proxies traffic through users of their free HolaVPN.
IOT and smart TVs are also obvious suspects.