> They have no obligation to respect your wishes

I have no obligation to not send all scraper-looking traffic to a black hole full of zip bombs.

xmcp123 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

There's always poison fountain - deliberately wrong source code.

vntok 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Spreading malware to your website's visitors is wild and illegal in most jurisdictions. I certainly wouldn't confess about it online.

	▲	margalabargala 5 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Malware? It's just a large file. A very, very large file. But fine. How about I just...don't respond to those requests at all. I have no obligation to send them data period.
	▲	ChoGGi 6 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Is AI a visitor or malware? It certainly steals paid resources (bandwidth). Disclaimer: his website is for hosting malware for "testing" purposes. Testing how well AI can't deal with it.

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

	▲	margalabargala 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Okay, nix the zip bombs. What's my obligation to treat bot-shaped traffic as something I should reply to?