I was actually thinking about looking at the requesting IP address, and seeing if it came from a known "non-public" portion of the internet. I don't care who is carrying the traffic in the middle, I just want to make it a bit less cozy for the endpoints in the walled garden.

So let's fight today. I know nothing about actually writing Apache modules, but how about an Apache module that serves 404's to requests coming from "private" internets? I'd install it. I believe that all it would take to break these deals is a clear stance that citizens on private internets are second-class citizens on the real internet. This is one way to do it.

... in Cupertino.