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0 pointscyberax1y ago0 comments

Yes, bot traffic is killing the open web. What's your point?

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Regulate against inaccessible and privacy invasive CAPTCHA (done and done in EU) and regulate against disruptive bot traffic (what's the hold-up there? Oh, I see, it requires actual competent law enforcement... That's a hard one). Me only half-joking while standing on my high EU horse.

cyberaxOP1y ago

Have you seen this: https://trog.qgl.org/20081217/the-why-your-anti-spam-idea-wo... ? You're proposing a legislative change, and bots in the US, Russia, China, whatever can care less about the acts of the EU parliament.

I also don't see how EU solves issues with CAPTCHAs. Anonymous CAPTCHAs are allowed in the EU.

phoronixrly1y ago

Thank you for that, though I'd rather choose 'The police will not put up with it' and either 'The politicians are too incompetent' or 'Underestimate how much money there is in it'

Anonymous CAPTCHAs are fine so long as they're accessible for people with disabilities. I would not venture to say I know of such one as a service...

im3w1l1y ago

If you are a EU government wanting a no-captcha experience on your website you could solve it thusly:

* Don't have captcha.

* Make it illegal for bots to access.

* Block foreign ips.

* Make it illegal to provide a proxy for foreign bots.

PoignardAzur1y ago

Yeah, that's great until you're a european citizen who needs to access a government service while travelling in the US, or living in French Guyana, or any amount of exceptions to your clever idea.

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phoronixrly1y ago

Also confirming that banning foreign traffic is the go-to eGovernment without CAPTCHA experience in Bulgaria.

ChadNauseam1y ago

Once regulations against disruptive bot traffic are effective enough that you don't need captchas, please ban captchas. But I don't see why you would do it the other way around. (Unless you secretly know that effective regulations against bot traffic are impossible.)

phoronixrly1y ago

Oh I do believe they are possible. It is just high time that the units fighting against organised crime heavily expanded their scope to illicit online activities that actually cause financial harm by entities to entities smaller than the movie/music/publishing industries.

j16sdiz1y ago

> (Unless you secretly know that effective regulations against bot traffic are impossible.)

Have you tried register your phone number in the DO-NOT-CALL list (or your local equivalent)?

Did it stop anything?

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phoronixrly1y ago

cyberaxOP1y ago

I also don't see how EU solves issues with CAPTCHAs. Anonymous CAPTCHAs are allowed in the EU.

phoronixrly1y ago

Thank you for that, though I'd rather choose 'The police will not put up with it' and either 'The politicians are too incompetent' or 'Underestimate how much money there is in it'

Anonymous CAPTCHAs are fine so long as they're accessible for people with disabilities. I would not venture to say I know of such one as a service...

im3w1l1y ago

If you are a EU government wanting a no-captcha experience on your website you could solve it thusly:

* Don't have captcha.

* Make it illegal for bots to access.

* Block foreign ips.

* Make it illegal to provide a proxy for foreign bots.

PoignardAzur1y ago

Yeah, that's great until you're a european citizen who needs to access a government service while travelling in the US, or living in French Guyana, or any amount of exceptions to your clever idea.

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phoronixrly1y ago

Also confirming that banning foreign traffic is the go-to eGovernment without CAPTCHA experience in Bulgaria.

ChadNauseam1y ago

phoronixrly1y ago

j16sdiz1y ago

> (Unless you secretly know that effective regulations against bot traffic are impossible.)

Have you tried register your phone number in the DO-NOT-CALL list (or your local equivalent)?

Did it stop anything?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse