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2.5 Admins 242: Malscraping

2.5 Admins 242: Malscraping

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April 10, 202533m 41s

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Show Notes

Jim’s server is getting hammered by AI scrapers and he’s big mad about it, why RCS doesn’t work on Android without Google apps, a complex Google account issue, and how Jim and Allan handle their WireGuard configs.

 

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Network Offload and Socket Splicing (SO_SPLICE) in FreeBSD

 

News

Jim hit by AI scrapers

Open source devs say AI crawlers dominate traffic, forcing blocks on entire countries

AI bots strain Wikimedia as bandwidth surges 50%

80% of Web Traffic Is Bots — The Hidden Cost of AI Scraping

Threat Spotlight: The good, the bad, and the ‘gray bots’ – the Gen AI scraper bots targeting your web apps

An AI Scraping Tool Is Overwhelming Websites With Traffic

 

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