Anubis: How Anime Catgirl Avatars Are Blocking AI Crawlers and Protecting Websites
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taviso
Crisp on the outside, thoughtful on the inside. A keeper.
Summary
The article discusses Anubis, a hybrid art project and network countermeasure that uses anime catgirl avatars to block AI crawlers by "weighing the souls" of HTTP requests. The author shares personal experiences with Anubis blocking access to git.kernel.org and expresses sympathy for the anti-crawler cause while discussing the technical and artistic aspects of this web protection system.
Key quotes
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If you've seen anime catgirl avatars when visiting a new website, that's Anubis
I'm sympathetic to the cause – I host this blog on a single core 128MB VPS, I can tell you some stories about aggressive crawlers!
Anubis recently started blocking how I access git.kernel.org
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