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[โ€“] 166 points 2 years ago (13 children)

The Internet.

That'd remove the circuses from our bread and circuses... and some of us are out of bread

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  • [โ€“] 38 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    While I can see the plus side of being able to identify bots, I don't think the WEI is the right way to do it, and Google definitely isn't the right company to be handling it

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  • [โ€“] 31 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Plus how do you spot the difference between a good bot and a bad bot? Web crawlers from search engines are for example inherently good, so they should still be able to operate, but if it is easy to register a good bot in WEI, it is also easy to register a bad bot. If it is hard to register a good bot, then you're effectively gatekeeping the automated part of the internet (something that actually might be Google's intention).

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  • [โ€“] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yeah, even if the hardware can validate perfectly that it's not running any botting software, there's nothing stopping someone from spinning up a farm of these machines and using a central server as a hypervisor for them all. It's impossible to determine if your user is a bot.

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  • [โ€“] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    but how are we supposed to organize gathering times and places to start rioting? on the paper?

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 2 years ago

    Bridgefy

    https://bridgefy.me/

    From their site:

    'Bridgefy is a free messaging app that works without the Internet. Perfect for natural disasters, large events, and at school!'

    It works over Bluetooth, and lets you send messages to other users without needing an internet connection. I haven't used it yet, but the app looks straightforward enough :)

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