I think this analysis is correct. The part you're missing from my comment is "at scale", which means trying to apply this scraping technique to other sites. As

I think this analysis is correct. The part you're missing from my comment is "at scale", which means trying to apply this scraping technique to other sites. As a contract security engineer I've found all kinds of accidentally leaked credentials; knowing if a set of credentials is accidentally leaked or are being intentionally disclosed to the public feels like a human-in-the-loop kind of thing. Getting it wrong, especially when automated at scale, is the context the bot writer needs to consider.