[ExI] Bots and AI are now half of internet traffic

[efc at swisscows.email]

I would love to see the economics of spam. I mean it increases and 
continues so obviously there must be some profit in it. I'm very curious 
about the figures.

The only subjective data point I have about online scam is an acquaintance 
who is from the Romanian town that's infamous in Romania for the nr of 
online scammers who reside there.

She told me that there is an above average amount of sports cars driving 
around that village, so that's what I can tell you about the economics of 
online scam.

Best regards,
Daniel


On Sat, 4 May 2024, Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat wrote:

> Yes.  Much of the "bad bot" portion is spam.
> 
> On Sat, May 4, 2024, 6:46 AM efc--- via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>       Does that include spam as well?
>
>       On Fri, 3 May 2024, BillK via extropy-chat wrote:
>
>       > Yes, The Bots Really Are Taking Over The Internet
>       > Emma Woollacott    Apr 16, 2024
>       >
>       > <https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmawoollacott/2024/04/16/yes-the-bots-really-are-taking-over-the-internet/>
>       >
>       > Quotes:
>       >
>       > Bots now account for nearly half of all internet traffic globally, with so-called “bad bots” responsible for a third.
>       >
>       > The proportion of internet traffic generated by bots hit its highest level last year, up 2% on the year before,
>       according to the 2024
>       > Imperva Bad Bot Report. Traffic from human users fell to just 50.4%.
>       >
>       > Bad bots have already taken over in Ireland, where they account for 71% of traffic, and in Germany, where they account
>       for 68%.
>       > Mexico, meanwhile, sees 43% of traffic generated by malicious bots, with the U.S. figure standing at 34%.
>       >
>       > Generative AI, as you'd expect, is making things worse, with the volume of simple bots increasing to 40% in 2023, up
>       from 33% in
>       > 2022.
>       >
>       > The proportion of advanced bad bots—those that closely mimic human behavior and evade defenses—was highest in law and
>       government at
>       > 78%, followed by entertainment at 71% and financial services at 67%.
>       > ----------------------------------
>       >
>       > No wonder most of our population is feeling harassed and confused!
>       >
>       > BillK
>       >
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