The Bots Get Locked Out
Reddit is shutting its RSS feeds and public API, saying AI bots scrape posts at huge scale, and is steering developers toward approved, paid access.
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AP Cybersecurity alignment
- 2.1.D.2An asset is anything valuable. Assets include financial resources, intellectual property, data, digital infrastructure, physical property, and reputation.Learning objective: Describe the risk assessment process.
- 2.1.E.2Risk avoidance stops the activity that is generating the risk. If the activity is a critical part of an organization’s mission or purpose, then avoidance is not possible.Learning objective: Identify strategies for managing risk.
- 5.2.C.1Access control enforces which users or applications (called subjects) can access, modify, add, or remove (called operations) which files or applications (called objects). Access control models describe how to determine which…Learning objective: Determine an appropriate access control model to protect applications and data.
AP Networking alignment
- 4.2.A.4Network protocols allow users to interact with content or services by defining how data are requested, sent, and received. • FTP and SFTP are used to transfer files between devices. • HTTP and HTTPS are used to load webpages.…Learning objective: Describe the purpose of common network protocols.
- 4.5.B.2Security policies and procedures help reduce user-related vulnerabilities by defining acceptable behaviors and standardizing how systems and data are used. These controls can reduce misconfiguration, mishandling, or improper…Learning objective: Determine appropriate security controls to limit the impacts of common threats and vulnerabilities in a managed network.