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X updates its Terms to prohibit crawling/scraping of its data (stackdiary.com)
submitted 2 years ago by skilledtothegills to c/technology
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But what if you do? Will you get caught?

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[–] Eranziel 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Lol, then they would have to demonstrate that there were damages. The worst a TOS violation will get you is a ban.

[–] kometes 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Bandwidth costs.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Peanuts.

[–] kometes 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's still a billionaire suing you for those peanuts.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Suing for 50 dollar or so? Fine.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Unfortunately, they have more money to blow on legal fees. The threat of a suit is enough to keep most perks from fucking around and finding out.