Tag Archives: internet

Bulk AbuseIPDB reporting using command-line tools

Some botnet is scraping my local Gitea instance by requesting every single URL possible. Even the same table is queried in every variation possible: sorted ascending, sorted descending, sorted by second column ascending, sorted by second column descending, and so on. This creates unnecessary load on the server and traffic on the line. Almost every… Read More: Bulk AbuseIPDB reporting using command-line tools »

Leaving Reddit and taking all my contributions with me

In April 2023, Reddit announced that it will start asking for money to use their API for commercial purposes. This also included 3rd party apps, e.g. the famous iOS Reddit client “Apollo”. While there was hope it won’t get too pricy at first and the other changes looked manageable, that hope got crushed when Reddit’s… Read More: Leaving Reddit and taking all my contributions with me »