Cynicus Rex@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 month agoHow to block AI Crawler Bots using robots.txt filewww.cyberciti.bizexternal-linkmessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1110arrow-down132
arrow-up178arrow-down1external-linkHow to block AI Crawler Bots using robots.txt filewww.cyberciti.bizCynicus Rex@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square64fedilink
minus-squarethanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up13·30 days agoLie. Or at best, dangerously wrong. Like saying “Crosswalks make cars incapable of harming pedestrians who stay within them.”
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·30 days agoIt’s better than saying something like “there’s no point in robots.txt because bots can disobey is” though.
minus-squarethanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·28 days agoMaybe? But it’s not like that’s the only alternative thing to say, lol
minus-squareReversalHatchery@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-229 days agoIs it, though? I mean, robots.txt is the Do Not Track of the opposite side of the connection.
Lie. Or at best, dangerously wrong. Like saying “Crosswalks make cars incapable of harming pedestrians who stay within them.”
It’s better than saying something like “there’s no point in robots.txt because bots can disobey is” though.
Maybe? But it’s not like that’s the only alternative thing to say, lol
Is it, though?
I mean, robots.txt is the Do Not Track of the opposite side of the connection.