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Comment by kreetx

9 hours ago

Same with internet trolls: make it possible to authenticate privately to social media platforms and the bots would disappear!

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DecoySalamander  6 hours ago

Bots can authenticate just as well as human users. Both bots and trolls are completely different set of issues that cannot easily be solved, regardless of your approach.

  • kreetx  1 hour ago

    Bots can have private keys that are only issued to humans?

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