#zipbomb
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #zipbomb from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.
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Day-by-day usage
measured · mastodon.social (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-10-15 18:36 UTC0 uses by 0 unique accounts across the window. Real per-day counts, not estimates. Newest bar is today so far.
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measured · mastodon.social (Mastodon public search API) · fetched 2026-10-15 18:36 UTCLive pulse
measured · mastodon.social (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-10-15 18:36 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 20 public posts (spanning ~79966 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 09:00
Languages: English (12) · French (6) · Portuguese (1) · Italian (1)
Avg boosts / post: 4.9
Top of the latest posts
A valid HTML zip bomb, https://ache.one/notes/html_zip_bomb by @ache The article shows how to create an HTML zip bomb for AI crawlers not respecting the `robots.txt` file. A zip bomb is a huge file (like 10Gib), that once compressed, has a
#fun #ZipBomb 🤔 mmmm... quelqu'un m'a envoyé un article intéressant, ça me donne des idées... je vais essayer de remplacer ma bête zip-bomb (constituée de 200 Go de zéro) par du html valide. Genre... ouvrir plein de <div> qui ne se ferment
#zipbomb Bon, juste pour le fun, j'ai modifié ma zipbomb de 200 Go : Ce n'est plus un fichier rempli de zéro, c'est un document html avec des entêtes valides qui ouvre des <div> sans jamais les fermer. Je suppose que les parseurs DOM ne von
What “zipbomb” means
WikipediaIn computing, a zip bomb, also known as a decompression bomb or zip of death (ZOD), is a form of algorithmic complexity attack that uses a malicious archive file designed with the goal to crash or freeze the program or system reading it. The older the system or program, the less likely it is that the zip bomb will be detected. It is often employed to disable antivirus software in order to create an opening for more traditional malware.
“Zip bomb” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →#zipbomb across platforms
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