Refuse To Be Human
Surf the Web as YandexBot. Ever wondered what the YandexBot get’s to see online that you do not?
What is Refuse To Be Human?
Refuse To Be Human is a Chrome extension developed by !Mediengruppe Bitnik, and its main feature is "Surf the Web as YandexBot. Ever wondered what the YandexBot get’s to see online that you do not?".
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Extension Usage Instructions
Refuse To Be Human is a simple web extension which changes your browser’s user agent to that of the Yandex bot. Yandex bot is a web crawler which surfs the web extensively to build a searchable index for the Yandex search engine (making it - together with Googlebot - one of the most influential Internet users. Only what it sees is indexed and can later be found by other users through Yandex search, the most popular search engine in Russia). By changing your settings to match those of Yandex bot, you become one of thousands of Yandex web crawlers browsing the web to index its contents.
Surfing the web as Yandex bot gives you access to what is referred to as the grey web, a layer of content only visible to bots. In some cases it might give you access to websites and archives that are usually hidden behind a paywall. Because while the website owner will present the regular user with a login page, they will give web crawlers access to their full archive in order for it to be represented in Yandex’s search results.
Step 1:
💻 Install the web extension
Step 2:
📡 To start surfing as Yandex bot, click on the new icon in the browser toolbar
Step 3:
🏄🏾♀️ Surf your favourite websites
Step 4:
🌐 Check RYBN's Double Negative Capchas to see if you pass the bot test.
http://www.rybn.org/projects/1000scores/
(You might have to take the test twice until it works.)
Step 5:
🖱 Also download 1000 Bots, the addon that enables you to surf the webs as Googlebot
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/1000-bots/ecpdhlloflbgbfjklnpedhiapeckiapa
You can compare the two bot-experiences
Refuse to be human is an art piece by !Mediengruppe Bitnik commissioned by Transmediale and Open Berlin.
The source code [1] for refuse to be human is free software and published under the GNU GPLv3.
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[1] source code: https://wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.bitnik.org/data/code/1000_bots_webextension.zip Extension Basic Information
| Name |  Refuse To Be Human |
| ID | pcphaaoaejpogojljbbjlplblajgoihb |
| Official URL | https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/refuse-to-be-human/pcphaaoaejpogojljbbjlplblajgoihb |
| Description | Surf the Web as YandexBot. Ever wondered what the YandexBot get’s to see online that you do not? |
| File Size | 19.83 KB |
| Installation Count | 224 |
| Current Version | 0.0.1 |
| Last Updated | 2021-03-17 |
| Publish Date | 2021-03-14 |
| Rating | 5.00/5 Total 3 Ratings |
| Developer | !Mediengruppe Bitnik |
| [email protected] | |
| Payment Type | free |
| Extension Website | https://wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.bitnik.org/rh/ |
| Supported Languages | en |
| manifest.json | |
{
"update_url": "https:\/\/clients2.google.com\/service\/update2\/crx",
"homepage_url": "https:\/\/wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.bitnik.org\/rh\/",
"name": "Refuse To Be Human",
"description": "Surf the Web as YandexBot. Ever wondered what the YandexBot get\u2019s to see online that you do not?",
"version": "0.0.1",
"background": {
"scripts": [
"background.js"
],
"persistent": true
},
"permissions": [
"webRequest",
"webRequestBlocking",
"*:\/\/*\/*"
],
"browser_action": {
"name": "Click to change your browsers perspective",
"default_icon": "icon_OFF_48.png"
},
"manifest_version": 2
} | |
