Comment on FOSS infrastructure is under attack by AI companies

fjordo@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• jol@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  How can you outlaw something a company in another conhtinent is doing? And specially when they are becoming better as disguising themselves as normal traffic? What will happen is that politicians will see this as another reason to push for everyone having their ID associated with their Internet traffic.

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  • MoogleMaestro@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    What will happen is that politicians will see this as another reason to push for everyone having their ID associated with their Internet traffic.

    You’re right. Which is exactly why companies should be exhibiting better behaviour and self regulate before they make the internet infinitely worse off for everyone.

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    • big_slap@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      self regulation is a joke. a frw bad apples always spoil the bunch.

      what needs to happen is regulation, period. force all companies to abide by laws that just make sense, and all these problems go away.

      see: GDPR

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      • oldfart@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        What did GDPR solve? Did we get rid of advertisers sharing data?

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    • C45513@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      according to history, this sadly never works

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    • fjordo@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Exactly, we’ve already seen this in the past. GDPR is a good example. Whilst I’m glad this regulation exists, it wouldn’t be necessary if megacorps would have behaved.

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  • Buelldozer@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    What will happen is that politicians will see this as another reason to push for everyone having their ID associated with their Internet traffic.

    Yes, because like or not that’s the only possible solution. If all traffic was required to be signed and the signatures were tied to an entity then you could refuse unsigned traffic and if signed traffic was causing problems you’d know who it was and have recourse.

    I don’t like this solution but it’s the only way forward that I can see.

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    • trougnouf@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      How do you have more recourse countering a random third world IP vs a random third world person when both are outside your juridiction?

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      • Buelldozer@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Unsigned traffic = drop. Signed traffic that becomes an annoyance = drop. If signed traffic becomes more than an annoyance then you know who to report to the authorities and even in Brazil there’s authorities.

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    • iarigby@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      is it? Someone mentioned proof of work being effective for Tor.

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      • Buelldozer@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        PoW has the advantage of being anonymous but I don’t like it as solution for the simple fact that it uses more electricity. It’s just not a very green solution.

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