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Most internet traffic is now bots

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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨CombatWombatEsq@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨aboringdystopia@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/bots-internet-traffic-ai-chatgpt-b2733450.html

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  • Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Dead Internet in 3…2…

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    • Rhaedas@fedia.io ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Never had the chance to finish the countdown.

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      • toiletobserver@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        To shreds you say?

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  • guynamedzero@piefed.zeromedia.vip ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’m not! I think at least …

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  • durindana@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    The “research” is a thinly veiled sale product by Thales. Fucking lol

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  • hansolo@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Pretty fucking well seems like it.

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  • qwerty@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    What does traffic mean in this context, is it the total amount of bytes transferred or the total amount of requests made?

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    • reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Right? Are you really telling me bots outnumber streaming music, movies, and TV???

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      • wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Do “bots” include telemetry and all the data your OS is constantly sending back to the mothership?

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  • p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I mean, 96.5% of email was spam a decade or two ago, so this is nothing new, AI or not. Hackers and other blackhats are just shifting targets.

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    • MoogleMaestro@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      The problem is that nobody really uses email anymore. So you might be right, but it should show people why 95% of all the Internet traffic being garbage is pretty damning for businesses or communities that have been built upon it.

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      • reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        “Nobody uses rmail anymore”

        😆 That’s funny.

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