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Bots dominate internet activity, account for nearly half of all traffic (www.helpnetsecurity.com)
submitted 6 months ago by Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de to c/technology@lemmy.zip
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/18653040

cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/11194362

49.6% of all internet traffic came from bots in 2023, a 2% increase over the previous year, and the highest level Imperva has reported since it began monitoring automated traffic in 2013. For the fifth consecutive year, the proportion of web traffic associated with bad bots grew to 32% in 2023, up from 30.2% in 2022, while traffic from human users decreased to 50.4%. Automated traffic is costing organizations billions (USD) annually due to attacks … More → The post Bots dominate internet activity, account for nearly half of all traffic appeared first on Help Net Security.

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[-] Topipolous@lemmy.ml 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Thinking about starting some kind of anti nazi LLM bot. The purpose wouldn’t actually be to spread propaganda, but rather to just let it argue with all the nazi bots. It would kind of make the internet even worse, but I’m legit so tired of Meta, Twitter, Reddit etc. not doing enough against hate speech and fascist propaganda. My only concern is that it would definitely also harass people who actually make sense and who are against Nazis, but the bot would be too stupid to understand.

[-] Reptorian@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 months ago

I actually have done exhaustion of right-wing trolls before, and it does work as a tactic against them, and I had the correct psychological mindset to derive amusement from their exhaustion until they just give up with me. They have to use bots because they know most people do not support them, and it is not maintainable for trolls to respond to people 24/7.

[-] Topipolous@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago

Very interesting! Just wondering how bots get around anti-bot mechanisms. My problem with social media is that they make it seem like all this nazi stuff would be a mainstream opinion, and I agree with you that it’s actually not.

[-] ChallengeApathy@infosec.pub 4 points 6 months ago

But the Dead Internet Theory is just a conspiracy theory, right? 🙄

[-] SSJ2Marx@hexbear.net 4 points 6 months ago

More like a prediction.

[-] Steve@startrek.website 2 points 6 months ago

Dafuq

[-] 1917isnow@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago

Think about all the energy use, too

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