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<p>I am curious what all is counted as a "bot". For instance if
they are counting all computer-computer interaction I would expect
the percentage to be that high or higher. If they are limiting it
to social media bots I find the number quite unlikely. The
article casts the bots as bad and mentions account takeover which
sounds more like a botnet. In short it is a bit of a hodgepodge
designed to elicit more fear than insight as far as I can tell.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/3/24 03:52, BillK via extropy-chat
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<div dir="ltr">Yes, The Bots Really Are Taking Over The Internet<br>
Emma Woollacott Apr 16, 2024<br>
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<p>Bots now account for nearly half of all internet traffic
globally, with so-called “bad bots” responsible for a third.</p>
<p>The proportion of internet traffic generated by bots hit its
highest
level last year, up 2% on the year before, according to the <a
href="https://www.imperva.com/resources/resource-library/reports/2024-bad-bot-report/"
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Traffic from human users fell to just 50.4%.</p>
<p>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%.</p>
<p>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.</p>
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%.<br>
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feeling harassed and confused!</div>
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