Tea@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-219 days 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-square75fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up110arrow-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-219 days agomessage-square75fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squaregrysbok@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 days agoBots lie about who they are, ignore robots.txt, and come from a gazillion different IPs.
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 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.