Tea@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-216 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-square60fedilinkarrow-up1647arrow-down17cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
arrow-up1640arrow-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-216 days agomessage-square60fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
minus-squaregrysbok@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 days agoBots lie about who they are, ignore robots.txt, and come from a gazillion different IPs.
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 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.