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The Day I Logged 1 In Every 2000 Public IPv4: Visualizing The AI Scraper DDoS - VulpineCitrus (vulpinecitrus.info)
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[–] MysticKetchup@lemmy.world 8 points 5 hours ago

At this point we need to treat AI web scrapers as DDoS attacks and prosecute the companies and people involved the same way we would those