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fattyfoods@feddit.nl to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 2 days ago

The Open-Source Software Saving the Internet From AI Bot Scrapers

www.404media.co

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The Open-Source Software Saving the Internet From AI Bot Scrapers

www.404media.co

fattyfoods@feddit.nl to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 2 days ago
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Anubis, which block AI scrapers from scraping websites to death, has been downloaded almost 200,000 times.
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    I don’t think this would help:

    https://thispersondoesnotexist.com/

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      By photo ID, I don’t mean just any photo, I mean “photo id” cryptographically signed by the state, certificates checked, database pinged, identity validated, the whole enchilada

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        That would have the same effect as just taking the site offline…

        No one is giving a random site their photo ID.

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          You’d be surprised, many humans have simply no backbone, common sense nor self respect so I think they very probably would still, in large numbers. Proof is facebook and palantir.

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