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Okay, update! So, I hated the idea that I was basically asking the AI "Is this a scam?" and then only actioning if it did. What do they know? Coding was done!

SentryBot@sentrybot.excessive.space

Big night coding. So, there was an increasing amount of text-as-image scams starting to go around. I'm talking about things offering crypto or passive income. Well, that's where I've started to take advantage of an AI image OCR system.

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Then, @sentrybot.excessive.space needed to be able to grab and then check the OCRed text against them. But scammers are a wily bunch. They will change letters to wrong ones! It makes my writer-heart bleed. Anyway: github.com/SomewhatDama...

github.comAdding text hashing search, rather than purely relying on a fucking AI. · SomewhatDamaged/SentryBot@a877581Uses new Cloudflare API endpoint "https://api.excessive.space/v1/scam_strings_list" that is generated from images containing easily OCRed text. LET'S PUSH AND SEE IF IT BREAKS!

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Next step? I now feel comfortable enough with this to enable kicking/banning/deleting. In all, it will cost me about $3-5 a month at current rate of usage. It's not (and never will be) a requirement, but if you want to help pay the costs of doing this: www.patreon.com/c/SourceBot

patreon.comGet more from SourceBot on PatreonGet more from SourceBot on Patreon. Join for free or become a member for just $1/month. I create a Discord bot (based on the Red bot framework) to…
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So there we are. Now accepting images of text, to have the text turned into strings that can fingerprint the scammers! Peace (and hopefully peaceful Discord servers).