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Curl-impersonate: Special build of curl that can impersonate the major browsers

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545 points mmh0000 | 6 comments | 03 Apr 25 15:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.23s | source | bottom
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jchw ◴[03 Apr 25 16:40 UTC] No.43572243[source]▶
I'm rooting for Ladybird to gain traction in the future. Currently, it is using cURL proper for networking. That is probably going to have some challenges (I think cURL is still limited in some ways, e.g. I don't think it can do WebSockets over h2 yet) but on the other hand, having a rising browser engine might eventually remove this avenue for fingerprinting since legitimate traffic will have the same fingerprint as stock cURL.
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userbinator ◴[04 Apr 25 00:01 UTC] No.43576912[source]▶
but on the other hand, having a rising browser engine might eventually remove this avenue for fingerprinting

If what I've seen from CloudFlare et.al. are any indication, it's the exact opposite --- the amount of fingerprinting and "exploitation" of implementation-defined behaviour has increased significantly in the past few months, likely in an attempt to kill off other browser engines; the incumbents do not like competition at all.

The enemy has been trying to spin it as "AI bots DDoSing" but one wonders how much of that was their own doing...

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cyanydeez ◴[04 Apr 25 05:42 UTC] No.43578710[source]▶
I dont think they're doing this to kill off browser engines; they're trying to sift browsers into "user" and "AI slop", so they can prioritize users.

This is entirely web crawler 2.0 apocolypse.

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nicman23 ◴[04 Apr 25 06:07 UTC] No.43578827[source]▶
man i just want a bot to buy groceries for me
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1. baq ◴[04 Apr 25 07:39 UTC] No.43579343[source]▶
That’s one of the few reasons to leave the house. I’d like dishes and laundry bots first, please.
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2. dodslaser ◴[04 Apr 25 09:14 UTC] No.43579880[source]▶
You mean dishwashers and washing machines?
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3. baq ◴[04 Apr 25 11:02 UTC] No.43580515[source]▶
Yes, but no. I want a robot to load and unload those.
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4. dec0dedab0de ◴[04 Apr 25 14:01 UTC] No.43582527{3}[source]▶
I have been paying my local laundromat to do mu laundry for over a decade now, it’s probably cheaper than youre imagining and sooo worth it.
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5. baq ◴[04 Apr 25 17:42 UTC] No.43585596{4}[source]▶
my household is 6 people, it isn't uncommon to run 3 washing machine loads in a day and days without at least one are rare. I can imagine the convenience, but at this scale it sounds a bit unreasonable.

dishwasher runs at least once a day, at least 80% full, every day, unless we're traveling.

6. nicman23 ◴[07 Apr 25 08:08 UTC] No.43609056[source]▶
i mean it is called a dishwasher