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A comment on Twitter cut off the ability to read a tweet by fetching its URL with a HTTP GET. Parent comment

Re:Twitter cut off the ability to read a tweet by fetching i... by miyuru on Friday December 18, 2020 @06:40AM (#25466128)
no need a secret unique UA. just PTR the IP and check the host.

This method is already used by stackoverflow to hide the sitemap.

https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/37272/158100

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