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I honestly don't see what's so hard about a bot simulating "the norm" within the margin of error. This cat-and-mouse game is just like a GAN, the end result is
by EGreg 2y ago
I honestly don't see what's so hard about a bot simulating "the norm" within the margin of error. This cat-and-mouse game is just like a GAN, the end result is indistinguishable even by a bot.
- nullc 2y agoBot authors are lazy and won't until they have to.. once you do, you can then pretend they aren't bots and include them in the engagement numbers you feed prospective shareholders.
- tokioyoyo 2y agoAgreed. From my past experiences though, a very good chunk of them will give up once there is a resistance. Basically, you want your bot protection to just be a little better than your competitor. Then the bot author will target them instead, because of the path of least resistance.
- EGreg 2y agoOutrun the friend not the bear? Hehe
- viraptor 2y agoIt depends on the defences. It starts trivial - just make a http request. Then there's http version, user agent header, other headers, header ordering, cookies, TLS ciphers, session resolution, timing, behaviour for page resources, ... and so many other things. It takes time, even if you order headless chrome.