Re:The web does not need gatekeepers: Cloudflare’s new “sign...
by account42 on Monday September 01, 2025 @05:48AM
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Agreed, copyright issues need to be solved via legislation and network abuse issues need to be solved by network operators. Trying to run around either only makes the web worse for everyone.
Talented people that want to scrape or bot things are going to find ways to make that look human. If that comes in the form of tricking a physical iPhone by automatically driving the screen physically, so be it; many such cases already!
The techniques you need for preventing DDoS don't need to really differentiate that much between bots and people unless you're being distinctly targeted; Fail2Ban-style IP bans are still quite effective, and basic WAF functionality does a lot.