Tea@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agoAI crawlers cause Wikimedia(The umbrella organization of Wikipedia and a dozen or so other crowdsourced knowledge projects) Commons bandwidth demands to surge 50%.diff.wikimedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square77linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkAI crawlers cause Wikimedia(The umbrella organization of Wikipedia and a dozen or so other crowdsourced knowledge projects) Commons bandwidth demands to surge 50%.diff.wikimedia.orgTea@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square77linkfedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
minus-squaregrysbok@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoBots lie about who they are, ignore robots.txt, and come from a gazillion different IPs.
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·30 days agoThat’s what ddos protection is for.
Bots lie about who they are, ignore robots.txt, and come from a gazillion different IPs.
That’s what ddos protection is for.