Unlinkable per-person per-site rate limits
Unlinkable per-person per-site rate limits
Posted Jul 13, 2026 19:26 UTC (Mon) by DemiMarie (subscriber, #164188)In reply to: UI automation is necessary for accessibility by quotemstr
Parent article: An update on the scraper situation
Rate limits can be per-person per-site, without different sites being able to detect the same person is using both, and without exposing a person’s legal identity. Zero-knowledge proofs make this possible.
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