I'm in the #webbotauth meeting at #ietf124.
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I'm in the #webbotauth meeting at #ietf124. #thanksihateit
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I'm in the #webbotauth meeting at #ietf124. #thanksihateit
WebBotAuth is a proposed standard for signing HTTP requests so the server knows who is requesting the data. All fine so far; it's what we use for ActivityPub for domain blocking, for example.
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WebBotAuth is a proposed standard for signing HTTP requests so the server knows who is requesting the data. All fine so far; it's what we use for ActivityPub for domain blocking, for example.
Unfortunately, it's being billed as a way for content owners to grant access to their data to only certain AI bots.
And the plan is to use an allowlist -- only certain bots can get the data.
And it will be implemented by CloudFlare, which protects 20% of all Websites.
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Unfortunately, it's being billed as a way for content owners to grant access to their data to only certain AI bots.
And the plan is to use an allowlist -- only certain bots can get the data.
And it will be implemented by CloudFlare, which protects 20% of all Websites.
ActivityPub has a lot of server-to-server communications. Those servers are unlikely to buy their way onto a bot allowlist. If their requests are going to fail for servers on CloudFlare, we've got a problem.
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ActivityPub has a lot of server-to-server communications. Those servers are unlikely to buy their way onto a bot allowlist. If their requests are going to fail for servers on CloudFlare, we've got a problem.
@aaronpk just blew up the meeting, asking for use cases.
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@aaronpk just blew up the meeting, asking for use cases.
@mnot is now talking about the background and context. Interesting!
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@mnot is now talking about the background and context. Interesting!
I liked this slide
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I liked this slide
A long presentation about web scraping and its positive social value. Use cases for research are huge. Very interesting.
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A long presentation about web scraping and its positive social value. Use cases for research are huge. Very interesting.
Chairs have decided to revisit and publish requirements and use cases. A good decision!
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Chairs have decided to revisit and publish requirements and use cases. A good decision!
Victoria Noble from EFF coming in to give the users' point of view. Great stuff!