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You do have an obligation because what you are describing is illegal, at least in the US under the CFAA.

• margalabargala 5mo ago
  Okay, nix the zip bombs. What's my obligation to treat bot-shaped traffic as something I should reply to?
  • charcircuit 5mo ago
    Your obligation is not to cause harm to the requester.
    • chadgpt3 5mo ago
      Sending them a zip bomb didn't cause harm. It was their choice to unzip it. Is jwz liable if a child sees his testicle eggcup macro when visiting via HN?
      • charcircuit 5mo ago
        Why send a zip bomb if your goal is not to cause some amount of a denial of service attack to the crawler. Showing porn to a minor is not legal either.
• tardedmeme 5mo ago
  Everything worth doing is illegal. Advice for startups is don't worry about it. Worry about not being caught instead.