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▲ itintheory an hour ago

Sure, that's why they sanitize the User-Ggent header when using these proxies. Good luck attributing the scraping to anyone at all.

▲hypfer an hour ago | parent [-]

It just needs one case where someone manages to attribute it to the corp using these illicit services.

Either by technical means or by a whistleblower.

Which might be a gamble worth doing, but also might not. And regardless, the fact that it is a gamble alone slows down velocity.

▲geraldwhen an hour ago | parent [-]

If the content is legally obtainable, couldn’t any employee use their own home network to pull data? I don’t think anyone would bother with a resi. Employees have their own network connections available.

▲hypfer an hour ago | parent [-]

Can you people please for the love of God stop missing the bigger picture?

Yes, yes there is always something. Yes there can always be workarounds.

But that is not the point. The point is that things are made harder. That is the point. To make things harder

Not impossible. Harder

Jesus Christ. It's all just a game of probabilities and friction. One needs to understand that to understand reality.