Miasma: A tool to trap AI web scrapers in an endless poison pit

Post by ethmarks » Sun, Mar 29, 2026, 10:39 PM UTC

cdrini wrote: post #201

aduwah wrote: post #157

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the second is incorrect too. DDoS is a DDoS no matter what the intent is.

I think one could argue that one. Is a DDoS a symptom? In which case the intent is irrelevant. Or is a DDoS an attack/crime? In which case it is. We kind of use it to mean both. But I think it's generally the latter. Wikipedia describes it as a "cyberattack", so actually I think intent is relevant to our (society's) current definition.

Post by atomic128 » Sun, Mar 29, 2026, 10:56 PM UTC

  package main

  import (
      "io"
      "net/http"
  )

  func main() {
      poisonHandler := func(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
          poison, err := http.Get("https://rnsaffn.com/poison2/")
          if err == nil {
              io.Copy(w, poison.Body)
              poison.Body.Close()
          }
      }
      http.HandleFunc("/poison", poisonHandler)
      http.ListenAndServe(":8080", nil)
  }

Post by emkoemko » Sun, Mar 29, 2026, 11:05 PM UTC

Lerc wrote: post #189

coldpie wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree theft isn't a good analogy, but there is something similar going on. I put my words out into the world as a form of sharing. I enjoy reading things others write and share freely, so I write so others might enjoy the things I write. But now the things I write and share freely are being used to put money in the bank accounts of the worst people on the planet. They are using my work in a way I don't want it to b…

It sounds like you wanted to believe you were sharing freely while sharing conditionally.

Post by deadbabe » Sun, Mar 29, 2026, 11:32 PM UTC

bobosola wrote: post #72

I dunno... it feels like the same approach as those people who tell you gleeful stories of how they kept a phone spammer on a call for 45 minutes: "That'll teach 'em, ha ha!" Do these types of techniques really work? I’m not convinced. Also, inserting hidden or misleading links is specifically a no-no for Google Search [0], who have this to say: We detect policy-violating practices both through automated systems and,…

Post by 250call » Mon, Mar 30, 2026, 12:07 AM UTC

ed_mercer wrote: post #219

> Thanks for stopping by! Missed chance to use "slopping by"