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201984yesterday at 10:02 PM2 repliesview on HN

This needs to be illegal.


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pocksuppetyesterday at 10:30 PM

What would be illegal about it?

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gruezyesterday at 10:15 PM

Why? The only thing that's vaguely objectionable is the fact the consent screen's wording of "download public web data from the internet" omits important information on what's actually happening and the associated risks. Otherwise I'm not sure how you can come up with a principled justification of the ban beyond just "AI scrapers bad" or "hiding identity". Tor relays and VPNs are basically doing the same thing, except with clearer disclosure about what actually goes on.

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