Re:It is not possible to detect and block Chrome headless
by Johnny555 on Thursday January 18, 2018 @04:05PM
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Instead you begin feeding plausible, but wrong data (like, add a random number to price). This will usually cause much more damage to the scraper than blocking would.
If you detect wrongly though, you risk alienating your users -- if I saw obviously incorrect prices on an ecommerce site, I wouldn't shop there, assuming that they are incompetent and if I enter any payment information it's going to be whisked away by hackers.
Depending on your industry etc., it may be viable to take the legal route. If you suspect who the scraper is, you can deliberately plant a 'trap street', then look for it at your suspect. If it shows up, let lose the lawyers.
Depending on your industry etc., it may be viable to take the legal route. If you suspect who the scraper is, you can deliberately plant a 'trap street', then look for it at your suspect. If it shows up, let lose the lawyers
That may be harder than you suspect, given that it's not illegal to violate a website's terms of use:
Even if you have an enforceable contract, you can still face an expensive legal battle if they choose to fight (and it's likely not their first fight), so hopefully you have some deep pockets.
If you detect wrongly though, you risk alienating your users -- if I saw obviously incorrect prices on an ecommerce site, I wouldn't shop there, assuming that they are incompetent and if I enter any payment information it's going to be whisked away by hackers.
Depending on your industry etc., it may be viable to take the legal route. If you suspect who the scraper is, you can deliberately plant a 'trap street', then look for it at your suspect. If it shows up, let lose the lawyers.
Depending on your industry etc., it may be viable to take the legal route. If you suspect who the scraper is, you can deliberately plant a 'trap street', then look for it at your suspect. If it shows up, let lose the lawyers
That may be harder than you suspect, given that it's not illegal to violate a website's terms of use:
https://www.eff.org/document/oracle-v-rimini-ninth-circuit-o...
Even if you have an enforceable contract, you can still face an expensive legal battle if they choose to fight (and it's likely not their first fight), so hopefully you have some deep pockets.