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0 pointsbobthepanda6y ago0 comments

It only applies to data displayed publicly, though. If Facebook and such started requiring logins to see personal data would that be such a bad thing?

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jjeaff6y ago

I'm not certain, but it kind of sounds like even things behind a login are still scrapable. Assuming the general public can get a login easily anyway. Basically, just requiring an account is not enough to forbid scraping.

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0 pointsbobthepanda6y ago0 comments

It only applies to data displayed publicly, though. If Facebook and such started requiring logins to see personal data would that be such a bad thing?

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jjeaff6y ago

I'm not certain, but it kind of sounds like even things behind a login are still scrapable. Assuming the general public can get a login easily anyway. Basically, just requiring an account is not enough to forbid scraping.

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