The report found that bot attacks increased by 167 percent in the first half of the year, with a staggering 291 percent increase in intelligent bots.

New study finds bots and fraud farms responsible for 73% of web traffic::undefined

  • Decoy321@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    1 year ago

    They go, “hey bot, would you please clip me some Safeway coupons?”

    Then the bot goes and gets their little bot scissors and their bot newspaper, then clips up some coupons and hands them to OP.

    It’s a pretty endearing sight.

    • Tattorack@lemmy.worldEnglish
      121·
      1 year ago

      “Father, what is my purpose?”

      “You clip coupons.”

      “… Oh my god…”

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
      81·
      1 year ago

      Then the bot goes and gets their little bot scissors

      But digitally.

      and their bot newspaper,

      But digitally.

      then clips up some coupons

      But digitally.

      and hands them to OP.

      But digitally.

      They said we’d all be living in a VR world by now back in the 90s!