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Moving past bots vs. humans

2026-04-21

As AI assistants and privacy proxies challenge the capabilities of traditional bot detection, the Web needs new models for accountability. We believe that control should remain with the client, and that an open ecosystem of anonymous credentials is key to preserving user privacy while protecting origins from abuse....

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Moving past bots vs. humans

One IP address, many users: detecting CGNAT to reduce collateral effects

2025-10-29

ResearchWAFWeb Application FirewallBetter InternetSecurityBotsIPv4Network Services

IPv4 scarcity drives widespread use of Carrier-Grade Network Address Translation, a practice in ISPs and mobile networks that places many users behind each IP address, along with their collected activity and volumes of traffic. We introduce the method we’ve developed to detect large-scale IP sharing globally and mitigate the issues that result. ...

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