this post was submitted on 21 Mar 2025
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LLM scrapers are taking down FOSS projects' infrastructure, and it's getting worse.

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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Alternative: require a proof of work calculation.

[–] marauding_gibberish142@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

This is exactly what we need to do. You'd think that a FOSS WAF exists out there somewhere that can do this

[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 2 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

There is. That screenshot you see in the article is a picture of a brand new one, Anubis

Yeah I realised that after posting. I think we need a better one to deal with the cases of letting legitimate users in easier though

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 21 hours ago

It kind of sucks but it is the best we have for the moment

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 0 points 16 hours ago

Make them mine a BTC block in the Browser!


^Sorry, I'm low in blood and full of mosquito vomit. That's probably making me think weird stuff.^