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2.5 Admins 242: Malscraping
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…
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