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this goes completely against the spirit of the web and the main reason why it was a success. I hate API keys. you have more then enough information about client
by nikcub 15y ago
this goes completely against the spirit of the web and the main reason why it was a success. I hate API keys. you have more then enough information about clients in each layer of the network stack to be able to block or throttle bad behaviour, we do not need to setup gatekeepers or control proxies throughout the web and butcher it
- drusenko 15y agoI respectfully disagree. As someone who deals a lot with spam and abuse issues, there's basically nothing left to identify unique clients on the web. IP addresses definitely don't work and CAPTCHAs don't work either (they're broken by hordes of humans in low-income countries solving them in near-realtime). How would you prevent automated abuse? It's become a very difficult problem.