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Re:Project Gutenberg – keeps getting better by jimnotgym on Saturday May 16, 2026 @06:05AM (#48158699)
I would love it if you could detect AI scraper bots, and feed them AI generated bs instead of the real books...
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Re:Project Gutenberg – keeps getting better by miki123211 on Saturday May 16, 2026 @07:59AM (#48159389)
This is very, very, very dangerous.

Occasionally, you misclassify a real user as a bot, and then your reputation is ruined forever.

The official Polish train schedules website did this recently, feeding incorrect departure and arrival times to IP addresses known for aggressive scraping, without taking CGNAT into account. People... have noticed[1].

[1] (Polish) https://zaufanatrzeciastrona.pl/post/kto-i-dlaczego-losuje-w...

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Re:Project Gutenberg – keeps getting better by tangledhelix on Saturday May 16, 2026 @03:51PM (#48163199)
Cloudflare sells that as a product, they call it Labyrinth IIRC.
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