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> "Screw it, everyone but Google or a browser is banned." Thanks! Why don't malicious actors just spoof browsers? More generally, I would think that any defe
by jessriedel 5y ago
> "Screw it, everyone but Google or a browser is banned."
Thanks! Why don't malicious actors just spoof browsers?
More generally, I would think that any defense that prevented malicious actors would prevent badly written scrapers, simply because malicious actors can do anything a badly written scraper could do, but can also take more active steps to evade defenses.
(These are honest questions; I have very little knowledge about this.)