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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How does this limit bot use? Is there something anti bot about chromium? Or does the api do more beyond checking for chromium compatible browsers

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Because websites will check if you have a Web Integrity token being sent along by the browser and if it cannot find one registrations and login will be closed to your instance.

Edit: And to clarify, you will not get that token unless you verify your identity within the associated google account. Hence why only Chromium browsers will support this. But it isn't about the browser. It's about the token.

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

But that token is just provided by the browser, isnt it? Can bots not run within an instance of a chromium browser? I dont get how this stops a bot account.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Yeah sorry I just clarified. Read my comment higher up in the thread for more details. The token is generated upon verification of user identity.