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Scrapers can just create a user account then. They still seem to be covered by this injunction
by buboard 7y ago
Scrapers can just create a user account then. They still seem to be covered by this injunction
- mic47 7y agoLegal: It will be hard to argue in court that you have right to create fake accounts. That is definitely against TOS, and at that point Linkedin can sue the company instead, so I believe it would scraper would not be successful at court. Technical: This is actually what you want, as limiting scraping per user is easier than per IP, since IP can be shared by users, so your rate limits have to be higher for IP address than for individual user. Additionally, creating fake account is more work which will in the end making scraping more expensive.
- buboard 7y agoa real account could scrape tons of stuff given time