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Security · 2h ago

ShieldFont poisons text to thwart AI web scrapers

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from The Register ·

ShieldFont, an open-source project, releases a font that subtly alters text characters to confuse AI scrapers. The font makes text appear normal to humans but introduces distortions that break machine-learning models. This offers a new defense for publishers against unauthorized data harvesting.

Meridian48 take
A clever technical fix, but it's a cat-and-mouse game: scrapers will adapt, and the font may also break legitimate accessibility tools.
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