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663 points nikisweeting | 2 comments | 16 Oct 24 16:18 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source

We've been pushing really hard over the last 6mo to develop this release. I'd love to hear feedback from people who've worked on big plugin systems in the past, or anyone who's tried our betas!
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wongarsu ◴[16 Oct 24 17:16 UTC] No.41861453[source]▶
Does this mean it's now possible to write plugins that dismiss cookie popups, solve captchas, scroll web pages etc.?
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nikisweeting ◴[16 Oct 24 17:25 UTC] No.41861527[source]▶
I have a private plugin with puppeteer support for stuff like this, currently charging clients money to use it to fund the open source development. The clients are people who are already legally allowed to evade CAPTCHAS (e.g. governments, NGOs doing research, lawyers collecting evidence, etc.)

Unfortunatley I cant open source the CAPTCHA solving stuff myself, because it opens me up to liability, but if someone wants to contribute a plugin to the ecosystem I cant stop them ;).

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1. 0x1ch ◴[16 Oct 24 18:48 UTC] No.41862402[source]▶
Legally allowed to evade CAPTCHAs? LOL.

What world do we live in where evading a captcha is an illegal offense?

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2. nikisweeting ◴[16 Oct 24 19:00 UTC] No.41862567[source]▶
It doesn't matter whether or not it's actually legal, what matters is that the big platforms will sue you for trying, so you need a big bankroll to stand your ground.

At the very least they can bar you from accessing their sites as you're violating ToS that you accept upon signup.