Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2025/12/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I?ve turned it back on. The thieves seem to have gone somewhere else. Merry Christmas to everyone, and don?t forget to submit to the yearbook. http://leica-users.org/yearbook/submitting.html On 2025-12-24 21:44, Brian Reid wrote: > Every time I turn the gallery server on again, it immediately got > flooded with AI bots stealing images. > So I have turned it off for the night. It is currently 21:45 > California time, so it?s going to stay off until my morning. Maybe the > pirates will turn their attention elsewhere, and maybe they won?t. The > torrent that arrived most recently was mostly from Russia. > > On 2025-12-24 15:32, Brian Reid wrote: >> There are hundreds of different IPs in use, so blocking them is >> futile. >> I turned off the server. We shall see if it goes away. I suspect it >> will be stubborn. >> >> >> On 2025-12-24 09:56, Christopher Crawford via LUG wrote: >>> Why don?t you block the IP that the bot is coming from, and if not >>> possible, shut the server down until it goes away, instead of letting >>> it steal LUG members? photos? >>> >>> Christopher Crawford >>> Fort Wayne, Indiana >>> >>> My Portfolio >>> https://chriscrawfordphoto.com >>> >>> Learn From Me >>> https://crawfordphotoschool.com >>> >>> Watchmaker Chris >>> https://watchmakerchris.com >>> >>>> On Dec 24, 2025, at 12:51?PM, Brian Reid <reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Today again the gallery has a heavy load. Today there is an AI bot >>>> in Brazil that is downloading every image, but it is being nicer >>>> than was yesterday?s Chinese download, and is using only 20 parallel >>>> streams. >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information