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Digital warfare reaches fuel maps as Ukrainian users create confusion across Russia (www.techradar.com)
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A coordinated online campaign has reportedly encouraged users to alter fuel station information on digital maps across Russia, creating confusion among drivers.

The activity involves changing station statuses by marking locations with available fuel as empty or showing closed stations as operational.

Supporters of the campaign claim the effort is designed to disrupt travel decisions, increase uncertainty, and create additional pressure around fuel availability.

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[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 12 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

The funny part is that there’s effectively zero reason for them to do it. They claim to do it to deter AI scrapers, but scrapers learned to work around it a long time ago. So the only real reason they do it is to call attention to themselves.

[–] Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

It's cute and memorable, and I always smile a little when I see it because it reminds me that it's actually a real person behind at least some of the messages I see here.

[–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 0 points 2 hours ago

Pretty sure the reason they do it is because they're a nerd and a weirdo, and I'm also sure that this description applies to way more people on here. Given the choice between tankies and thorns, I'll take the thorns.

[–] Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it 2 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Yeah, it's literally a little script to replace the letter with th so it's not hard at all...beside, AIs can learn how to interpret the symbol because of the patterns