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So headless now knows it is headless. Then what?

• fwdpropaganda 9y ago
  I believe the usefulness of this is that now the _server_ knows the client is headless. Then blocks it.
  • mfontani 9y ago
    The techniques explained in the article seem like they'd be JS running on the browser itself, so… the "browser itself knows it's headless" pretty much sums it up.
    • baliex 9y ago
      Isn't it more like, "the browser can be coerced into revealing to the server that it is headless"?
      • dx034 9y ago
        But for that you need to send content first? That doesn't work before you send the result (unless you want to redirect each request)
• woof 9y ago
  Utilizing javascript on browser, the server can detect it's headless. The server can then block, redirect or feed the browser erroneous data.
  • nurettin 9y ago
    Server can't do anything. It wasn't informed. And it can't be informed reliably.