alt Hacker NewsHm, interesting - how will it look the actual solution for such problems in the future. I suppose the issue will continue to grow.
First idea - there should be some cost for sending traffic somewhere. And the server owner also should receive pay - not only the internet provider.
So, in with this idea, the server owner can potentially increase the amount of computing power to satisfy all requests.
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rwmj • yesterday at 4:01 PM
It's a social problem, technical solutions aren't going to work. To solve social problems you need the law to get involved. It should simply be illegal to install malware on someone's TV and use it to hijack their internet connection, and the punishment should be the same as for any theft of service, including imprisonment for people who do it.
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> there should be some cost for sending traffic somewher
So now, because of bad actors, I need to pay for the privilege of watching a website or using a service that was meant to be free? No, thanks.
I don't have a solution, but "break how the web currently works" is not one I would accept all willy nilly.
EDIT: yes, I realize we already broke the web (with Anubis, cloudflare, recaptcha etc) but I think we should resist slowly breaking it further.