Post #2676164
2026-04-23 15:50 UTC
@jsstaedtler@mastodon.art I've been using Iocaine, which is specifically intended to mess with AI bots, but it can also help with "normal" bots too
https://iocaine.madhouse-project.org/
of course that still eats up some of your server's power. I work for a web hosting company and frequently we'll just make a list of "bad bots" in an .htaccess file to block them. The server still has to reply to their requests but doesn't have to serve them any real data
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@jsstaedtler@mastodon.art 2026-04-23 16:31
@cb@boop.bleepbop.space I also use the .htaccess method to "block" specific agents, so they simply get thousands of 0 byte responses. Whenever it's a known LLM/AI scraper, I'm happy with that solution (and IP blocking ones that don't present a unique user agent). I've heard of Iocane and similar tools but never looked into them, and I guess now is the time!