Cynicus Rex@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agoHow to block AI Crawler Bots using robots.txt filewww.cyberciti.bizexternal-linkmessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1110arrow-down132
arrow-up178arrow-down1external-linkHow to block AI Crawler Bots using robots.txt filewww.cyberciti.bizCynicus Rex@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square62fedilink
minus-squaremox@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7·7 months agoOf course, nothing stops a bot from picking a user agent field that exactly matches a web browser.
minus-squareJackbyDevlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·7 months agoNothing stops a bot from choosing to not read robots.txt
minus-squaremox@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-27 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.