Cynicus Rex@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 months agoHow to block AI Crawler Bots using robots.txt filewww.cyberciti.bizexternal-linkmessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1112
arrow-up1112external-linkHow to block AI Crawler Bots using robots.txt filewww.cyberciti.bizCynicus Rex@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square64fedilink
minus-squaremox@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7·5 months agoOf course, nothing stops a bot from picking a user agent field that exactly matches a web browser.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoNothing stops a bot from choosing to not read robots.txt
minus-squaremox@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-24 months agoIndeed, as has already been said repeatedly in other comments.
Of course, nothing stops a bot from picking a user agent field that exactly matches a web browser.
Nothing stops a bot from choosing to not read robots.txt
Indeed, as has already been said repeatedly in other comments.