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51% of Internet Traffic Is "Non-Human"
hypnosec writes "Cloud-based service Incapsula has revealed research indicating 51 per cent of website traffic is through automated software programs, with many programmed for malicious activity. The breakdown of an average site's traffic is as follows: 5% is due to hacking tools looking for an unpatched or new vulnerability within a site, 5% is scrapers, 2% is from automated comment spammers, 19% is the result of 'spies' collating competitive intelligence, 20% is derived from search engines (non-human traffic but benign), and only 49% is from people browsing the Internet."
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"only 49% from people browsing the Internet." I wonder how much of that 49% is porn.
"If any question why we died, Tell them because our fathers lied."
... PORN?!?
It says right there in the summary: "only 49% from people browsing the Internet." Although you could argue that it's higher than that since spiders must crawl through porn too. Adding the 20% for the search spiders, we have that 69% of web traffic is porn related. A fitting number, I dare say.
4chan -- where the men are men, the women are men, and the children are FBI agents.
Don't worry, you're probably part of the 49%. The 51% is primarily comprised of furries, klingons, cat videos, our robot overlords, our reptilian overlords, our reptilian robot overlords, and the welsh.
How can I believe you when you tell me what I don't want to hear?
Thanks, but I prefer "This." ;)