Are you confident you are not viewing too many pages on HN? What if many other people are also trying to read this thread?

I think this line of reasoning doesn't make any sense. The internet is not an inherently safe network regardless of what we wish for; we can't wish away the bad activity, and it's only going to increase. The activity that helps prevent the bad activity from working is a net positive.

> Are you confident you are not viewing too many pages on HN? What if many other people are also trying to read this thread?

I think it's pretty disingenuous to compare viewing a couple of pages once a day with running scripting tools against over 400 websites.

> I think this line of reasoning doesn't make any sense. The internet is not an inherently safe network regardless of what we wish for; we can't wish away the bad activity, and it's only going to increase. The activity that helps prevent the bad activity from working is a net positive.

Oh good, no one has ever claimed "it's for your own good" when doing something selfish without consent.