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This doesn't seem to be much of a problem given that making an account is free.
by phailhaus 3y ago
This doesn't seem to be much of a problem given that making an account is free.
- Cthulhu_ 3y agoYes, but does come with some checks and balances: an e-mail account (allowing them to filter out any dodgy domains or throwaway services, a captcha (bot detection of sorts anyway, may be hidden, would also be used for public search), a barrier to entry via their signup procedure, etc. And then they would have a unique token - your username / ID - to help detect flooding / scraping, set a limit of e.g. 100 searches per hour or whatever they have deemed normal and acceptable behaviour.