Very Human RobotStompyRobot@mastodon.gamedev.place
Jun 28, 2026, 9:32 PMReplies
Alexander S. Kunzalexskunz@mas.toJun 28, 2026, 10:27 PM@StompyRobot on my site it’s 90% residential proxies that camouflage as some Chrome. Not easy to block. Some pass simple automated challenges. @corbet @lwn
Jun 28, 2026, 11:25 PM@StompyRobot @lwn User agent is whatever random fiction they choose to put in there; there is no useful signal there. We really don't want to inflict captchas or cloudflare or any of that onto our readers, so we've had to find other ways to defend the site.