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so? ToS is not the law! Nor can you use the CFAA here. It is not hacking. In addition, the operator lives in a jurisdiction that does not respect an American co
by tomatowurst 5y ago
so? ToS is not the law! Nor can you use the CFAA here. It is not hacking. In addition, the operator lives in a jurisdiction that does not respect an American corporation C&Ds, what happens? Instagram has no legal ground to start an extradition treaty because somebody is scraping them lol.
You think Instagram is going to get FBI to bust doors in Mogadishu or wherever the operators are?
Might be an issue if you are in the US or West since its behind a walled garden (you need to authenticate to access) but you do not need to pay for it, nor are new registrants restricted (they have access to everything) so its a public website that forces user accounts. The best Instagram can do is throttle or ban those accounts scraping.
- Kwpolska 5y agoIt’s a bit difficult to monetize all the data you get from Instagram if you don’t have an Instagram account. And Instagram will happily mess you up by requiring phone number confirmation, and by banning IP addresses or phone numbers.
- Nextgrid 5y agoThe business model here is that they've streamlined the process to get phone numbers & IPs - Facebook can't do shit without impacting other, legitimate users on the same IP & number ranges.