Post #257482
2026-02-11 12:58 UTC
Replies (18)
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@nag4wika@mamot.fr 2026-02-11 13:00
@osm_tech cc telecomix
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@geotux@social.tchncs.de 2026-02-11 13:06
@osm_tech thanks for the good work :mastothumbsup:
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@ISibboI@mastodon.online 2026-02-11 13:09
@osm_tech the scrapers don't know that you can torrent the whole OSM for free, without ddosing the webservice
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@RudiRastlos@troet.cafe 2026-02-11 13:52
@osm_tech 🫣 thank you for your work!
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@mayalandsman@mastodon.social 2026-02-11 14:16
Oof, sorry you are dealing with that load. Beyond blocklists, caching tiles plus aggressive rate limits per ASN, and serving 429s with Retry-After can help. For bulk use, requiring API keys for heavy endpoints can also cut abuse. Thanks for keeping OSM running.
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@clickhere@mastodon.ie 2026-02-11 15:03
@osm_tech Ugh, I am so sorry to hear this, and thank you to everyone working on this project. Such a nightmare, and so completely pointless. 🤬
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@gme@bofh.social 2026-02-11 15:09
@osm_tech@en.osm.town Time to deploy Anubis in front of all the URLs that the scrapers are hitting.
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@tomchadwin@en.osm.town 2026-02-11 15:12
@osm_tech Good luck, and thank you as always.
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@Don_Clemente@chaos.social 2026-02-11 15:19
@osm_tech wonder if it is collateral damage or intended, to get rid of alternative sources of information? Anyway, zip-bomb the hell out of them.
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@WTL@mastodon.social 2026-02-11 16:55
@osm_tech @lehtimaeki I wonder if anyone has looked at the various AI browsers out there to see if they're used for active scraping.
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@martinrust@infosec.exchange 2026-02-11 17:59
@osm_tech Block all read access except from registered users? And be restrictive on whom to grant an account (captcha, verified email address)?
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@woody@pleroma.pch.net 2026-02-11 18:06
@osm_tech Please, please, AI bubble, burst already, so we can stop seeing this kind of vandalism.
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@Air_Quotes_Comedian@kolektiva.social 2026-02-11 18:36
@osm_tech I went to use OpenStreetMap today to get directions but it asked me to sign up/ log in, so I used Mapquest instead which doesn't.
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@forestjohnson@social.pixie.town 2026-02-11 20:47
@osm_tech thank you for your service 🪖
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@assimilateborg@kind.social 2026-02-11 21:05
@osm_tech I blocked user agents matching "Chrome.139.0.0.0 Safari.537.36" as this combination seems to not exist, except for millions of requests out of china.
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@mike.teczno.com@bsky.brid.gy 2026-02-11 21:31
Thank you for your service
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@parapiglia@sociale.network 2026-02-12 04:40
@osm_tech you should poison their data in some way
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@cccpresser@chaos.social 2026-02-12 08:11
@osm_tech have you considered getting law enforcement involved? At least in Germany running a DDOS is most likely illegal. I would really like to know what the police and prosecution will do in this case. https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/stgb/__303b.html