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Comment · 2 months ago
Seems like you’re part of the group represented in this dataset trend then, many of these visits are also from (compromised) Google servers in that same ASN.
Comment · 2 months ago
Comment · 2 months ago
Appreciate it, I'll check out your posts.
Comment · 2 months ago
Basically, unless CF is counting static asset network requests etc. For what it's worth, GA also miscategorizes some bots as humans as well.
Comment · 2 months ago
(Insert spider man meme)
Comment · 2 months ago
Good to know, thank you. Would you do this by fully blocking particular ASNs? Or something more granular?
Comment · 2 months ago
Fair enough
Comment · 2 months ago
That doesn't change the data/math brother
Comment · 2 months ago
What's your strategy?
Comment · 2 months ago
Not asking for trust, just sharing the data/math
Comment · 2 months ago
Totally. I'm sure this campaign was inspired by sloppy vibe coding
Comment · 2 months ago
This is a random sample of completely unrelated websites, which indicates that the total scale is much larger. This is not saying that it is difficult to make thousands of requests.
Comment · 2 months ago
Looks like many of the paths relate to AI coding tools. There are some examples below the chart
Comment · 2 months ago
Another interesting thing here is the paths they're targeting, many are for newish AI coding tools
Comment · 2 months ago
Definitely, the point here though is there is a stat sig surge in the chart in the last week, across thousands of websites. At least a surge in this particular spoofing pattern.

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