Ajaxification can be defeated if you scrape using a headless browser like PhantomJS [+]. Actually all the markup/visual techniques you propose can also be defea

Ajaxification can be defeated if you scrape using a headless browser like PhantomJS [+]. Actually all the markup/visual techniques you propose can also be defeated using Phantom. Dump the page as PNG and OCR it. Honey pots suppose that the scrapper is an idiot... And even in that case, if he's dedicated, he'll come back later and will be more careful. The only potentially effective solutions are those that preclude usability for everyone: truncating the content for logged out users. And even then, with PhantomJS and some subtlety/patience in order not to trigger flood detection, an attacker could probably get away with it. [+] http://phantomjs.org/ http://phantomjs.org/