News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on The web does not need gatekeepers: Cloudflare’s new “signed agents” pitch. Parent comment

Re:The web does not need gatekeepers: Cloudflare’s new “sign... by immibis on Friday August 29, 2025 @10:40PM (#45071482)
There's actually not much evidence of this, since the attack traffic is anonymous.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The web does not need gatekeepers: Cloudflare’s new “sign... by Symbiote on Saturday August 30, 2025 @05:18AM (#45073198)
HN people working in these AI companies have commented to say they do this, and the timing correlates with the rise of AI companies/funding.

I haven't tried to find it in my own logs, but others have said blocking an identifiable AI bot soon led to the same pattern of requests continuing through a botnet.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The web does not need gatekeepers: Cloudflare’s new “sign... by lostmsu on Saturday August 30, 2025 @08:53AM (#45074219)
Did HN people present evidence?
[ Parent | on HN ]