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And, fundamentally it can't be opensource. Bot detection (like anti-fraud more generally) is an adversarial game that relies on hidden techniques. Open-sourcing
by necubi 1y ago
And, fundamentally it can't be opensource. Bot detection (like anti-fraud more generally) is an adversarial game that relies on hidden techniques. Open-sourcing it means you lose that advantage and make life much easier for anyone trying to get around it.
- tptacek 1y agoI think there's probably a platform for it that you can open source --- the virtual machine, or the core of the virtual machine or something, but yeah, you're right, this is something Anubis will have to contend with long term; the effective solutions for this all benefit from obscurity.
- PaulDavisThe1st 1y agoThere's zero reason it cannot be opensource. Proof-of-XXXXX schemes do not rely on obscurity to be functional.
- tptacek 1y agoThe schemes large players use to increase the cost of e.g. creating new accounts on their services do in fact rely on obscurity. They target developer cost, not compute cost.
- PaulDavisThe1st 1y agoBut that's not what Anubis (the subject of TFA, and most of the comment threads here) is/are about.
- tptacek 1y agoI think it's exactly what Anubis is about? I'm pretty familiar with what Xe is doing.