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Even just serving a giant blinking red X gif to 10^-6 of the requests might be sufficient. Only 10^-6 of the "legitimate" requests would be affected, but a who
by ISL 6y ago
Even just serving a giant blinking red X gif to 10^-6 of the requests might be sufficient.
Only 10^-6 of the "legitimate" requests would be affected, but a whole lot of the "undesireable" requests would see it...
- viraptor 6y agoServing a giant blinking red gif to unsuspecting internet users is a bad idea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosensitive_epilepsy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosensitive_epilepsy There was a better idea posted in comments - serve a picture with a very short explanation and an email to contact.
- Taniwha 6y agoBut he's suggesting that they only be served to 10^-6 people - that's one 1,000,000th of a person - I suspect it will have little effect
- EE84M3i 6y agoThere is no reason it needs to blink quickly.
- viraptor 6y agoIt doesn't have to be quick for bad effects. See https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7908738 https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7908738 for example. I can't find the link now, but there was also an article about one of the older designers (IBM?) making sure the terminal cursor blinks in 1:2 ratio to reduce the problem. Just don't give random unsuspecting people blinking images as a rule.
- EE84M3i 6y agoThe first link says "several flashes per second". I was thinking more like a blink every few seconds, which seems to be annoying but not dangerous.