Continuous accountability for Verified bots
The same is true for bots: verifying who operates it creates accountability, but trust depends on what it does next.
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Key points
- A driver’s license tells you who someone is and that they passed a driving test, not whether they’ll drive responsibly in the future.
- A known bot can still ignore website preferences, overwhelm origins, or evade controls.
- As we described in a previous blog post on bot behavior, we strive to verify two questions: “Are you who you say you are?” and “Can we trust you?” To be a Cloudflare Verified Bot, you broadly need to meet three criteria:
- Today we introduce a system to evaluate and report when Verified bot behavior starts to deviate from this rule, ensuring that the answer to “Can we trust you?” remains “Yes.”
Sources (1)
- [1]Continuous accountability for Verified botsCloudflare Blog: AI · Oct 16, 01:00 PM
The same is true for bots: verifying who operates it creates accountability, but trust depends on what it does next.
A driver’s license tells you who someone is and that they passed a driving test, not whether they’ll drive responsibly in the future.
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