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This isn't technically a DDOS though, is it? My understanding is that they're overwhelming humans' capacity to process the applications, rather than machines' c
by moolcool 5y ago
This isn't technically a DDOS though, is it? My understanding is that they're overwhelming humans' capacity to process the applications, rather than machines' capacity to process them.
- vageli 5y agoI don't see how the thing being overwhelmed matters for determining if a DDOS took place. For instance, I think many people would characterize the Church of Scientology's attack on the IRS [0] as a denial of service of sorts. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Snow_White https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Snow_White
- bee_rider 5y agoI don't think they'd characterize it that way in court. The Church of Scientology's dudes appear to have done a bunch of other illegal stuff in setting up for the requests. OTOH, if we're going to consider "sharing too much information to an individual for them to process it" to be a DDOS, there are a whole bunch of Terms of Service that will need to be rewritten. So maybe this is a good idea...