I love when Fediverse scrapers get Fediblocked MULTIPLE times then start making new instances under obscure domain names to hide their data stealing...🤬
Awakari created a new instance on Indy.rest on June 24. 4 days after I called for Fediblock on their other attempt at ban evasion (awakari.app)
Indy.rest seems to be down at the moment. However, given their track record, this is a required block if you value your data not being sold.
@BeAware surprised it's being that 'polite' instead of just snorfing the public API; if it had a known distinct user agent I could add it to my block at the Nginx level
@KayOhtie It's not polite in my opinion, it's decieving for this very reason. Most people that don't have follow requests on, won't look at everyones profile that follow them. Leaving them vulnerable to this.
@BeAware that's why I put the word in quotes to try and convey sarcasm with it: I'm surprised it's 'playing' by AP instead of just skipping that to snag info. I'm saying "I don't know if merely blocking the domain is enough because it might be doing that to appear like there's a choice when it's actually snagging things via the API anyway". I'm trying to be even more cautious than merely blocking it in Mastodon. There is nothing polite about these things, and many folks are so "it's on the Internet I should have access" about it that a domain block in Mastodon isn't enough.
@BeAware no, I did a poor job at making it clear and should have worded better or put some indicator, I'm sorry I let my own tiredness at first come up short on that >.<