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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Honesty we need a POW system built into http.

[–] DaGeek247@fedia.io 5 points 7 months ago

POW built in to the web spec would be hell. Making every single device in the world do that extra bit of work would noticeably affect energy use across the planet.

[–] tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

A what? Not prisoners of war I guess

[–] billhead@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Oh right. The article author isn't a fan of that. I guess it's fine while it works but I'm not too optimistic about how long it does

[–] DaGeek247@fedia.io 2 points 7 months ago

Yeah. The corporations with money are always going to beat the casual users without in regards to processing capability.

There are smarter ways to discourage the big companies from taking pictures of your house than by adding speed bumps to your driveway.