Re:hCaptcha now runs on fifteen percent of the internet
by lovegoblin on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @10:24PM
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Being scraped isn't free, if it's at a large enough scale.
Plus, it's not just benign read-only scrapers. Have you looked at the spam folder of your email recently? That's what every comment section and user bio and god knows what else would look like if you just blindly allow all automated traffic.
Plus, it's not just benign read-only scrapers. Have you looked at the spam folder of your email recently? That's what every comment section and user bio and god knows what else would look like if you just blindly allow all automated traffic.