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AOL, Yahoo, and Hotmail all provide contact APIs. The amount of traffic Facebook generates would be unmistakable and Google would just block them.

• staunch 16y ago
  With a large and diverse enough IP address pool they could probably get around being blocked. It might be cost prohibitive though.
  • awa 16y ago
    also illegal?
    • staunch 16y ago
      They could try calling a law enforcement agency claiming Facebook was hacking, but a) they probably wouldn't do that b) the agency would probably tell them it was a civil matter. Much more likely that it would result in a lawsuit than handcuffs.