3mo ago

Anubis works (anti ai crawler software)

xeiaso.net

Anubis works

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Wow, they didn't even do the custom install to swap out the mascot! I thought the UN of all orgs would want to keep a professional image but apparently Anubis is too cute to hide.
- Maybe the bots were hammering their servers so bad the admin went "fuck it, make it work first and improve later". I know these sysadmins been going through hell lately 😵‍💫
And yet, only €376.3/month on patreon.
Also, I keep wondering why Anubis got so popular while other proof of work captchas have been around for much longer. Is there any fundamental difference to mCaptcha or altcha?
(except for maybe that altcha is trying to make a business by serving customers that don't want to selfhost it).
Any technical reason for prefering anubis?
- Also, I keep wondering why Anubis got so popular while other proof of work captchas have been around for much longer.
  It’s the anime girl obviously.
- From what I've read, mCaptcha is stateful and has higher complexity. It is more geared towards multiple site / app management than single app. While altcha is not free
  
  Altcha is free if you selfhost it.
  On their website they have 2 pricing tiers: "Pro" (9€ per month) and "Open Source" (Free)
The mascot doesn't show up for me :<
- You can see it in the post thumbnail
  /s
https://xkcd.com/2347/
I had to wait 5-6 seconds to visit that site.
The internet got so much worse - in two ways of course.
- Before, we had slow internet due to low infrastructure.
  Now we will have slow internet due to security bloat that everyone requires to prevent AI massacre.
- Seems like they have their difficulty too high
  
  Really any difficulty is too high. Its the effort to hook up a JavaScript runtime that evaluate the captcha not the computational cost that works.
why does a site that shows a static image need me to enable javascript to view it?
- Because it’s not just showing a static image. It’s checking to see if you’re an AI crawler. AI crawlers have become a big issue with site operators, who suddenly get their entire site hit with massive amounts of traffic from tens of thousands of crawlers scraping their entire site.
  The fact that you’re only seeing a static image means you didn’t pass the vibe check, and therefore don’t get to access the site.

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