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Idea: a browser extension that automatically scrapes and archives your data as you browse a site. Power-users can submit scrapers for new/modified sites. Norma
by tlrobinson 14y ago
Idea: a browser extension that automatically scrapes and archives your data as you browse a site. Power-users can submit scrapers for new/modified sites.
Normally scrapers can be detected and blocked, but if it's passively running in the background on a user's machine, opportunistically grabbing data the user is already viewing, it should be impossible to detect.
- toomuchtodo 14y agoRunning as an extension has been done before (SEE: PACER Recap Extension: https://www.recapthelaw.org/ https://www.recapthelaw.org/)
- garry 14y agoThis is a great idea. I've actually wanted to do this before. Browser plugins are one fundamental tool in the war against web tyranny. For instance, crawling Craigslist could be accomplished this way in a way that was unblockable. This needs to exist.
- Terretta 14y agoRelated: Consider http://Pinboard.in http://Pinboard.in with the yearly plan offering Personal Archiving. Anything pinned (bookmarked) gets archived and you can view it from your personal archive.
- eah13 14y agoI dig it. Store this data in the cloud and call it ViewHaven. An automatic and complete record of everything you've seen on the web.