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minus-squareEager Eagle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down6·1 year agoOr don’t do anything. There are plenty of crawlers out there and disallowing won’t stop the unethical ones.
minus-squareZikeji@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25arrow-down2·1 year agoJust because some people might break into my house doesn’t mean I’ll stop locking my doors.
minus-squareEager Eagle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down5·1 year agothat doesn’t lock anything, it’s not a security feature.
minus-squareArakwar@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down5·1 year agoA house door lock isn’t that much about security either.
minus-squareZikeji@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoIt’s a deterrent. Which is a pretty apt comparison for robots.txt and user agent blocking.
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minus-square5BC2E7@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoThat is the point. They don’t need to be secure to work as a deterrent
Or don’t do anything. There are plenty of crawlers out there and disallowing won’t stop the unethical ones.
Just because some people might break into my house doesn’t mean I’ll stop locking my doors.
that doesn’t lock anything, it’s not a security feature.
A house door lock isn’t that much about security either.
It’s a deterrent. Which is a pretty apt comparison for robots.txt and user agent blocking.
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That is the point. They don’t need to be secure to work as a deterrent