Deutsche Bahn blocks Linux users (opens in new tab)

(heise.de)

44 pointscuechan1mo ago3 comments

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sameers1mo ago· 2 in thread

Someone vibe coded an attempt at improving security, and their LLM recommended limiting the User Agent string to some number of the top 10 agents. Voila - no Linux.

herbst1mo ago

To be fair there are about 2 Linux in the top 10 :)

nom1mo ago

My guess is that they tried to block bot activity and some bots had Linux as UA.

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