Based on concerns and dealing with issues raised here over time (which from reading is systemic across the web the last few months) and facing new waves of this stuff. I tested Login Only, but noticed these AI bot waves hitting all kinds of discourse resources/paths, and potentially getting served …

Login Only - Does it actually stop all traffic access without login?

awesomerobot (Kris) 15 בדצמבר,‏ 2025,‏ 11:19pm 6

Maybe Secure Uploads could help you on this?

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