Is it illegal to impersonate user-agents when you are crawling a website? If so, what and how a legal action can be taken against the faking requester? Does this law apply only for crawlers or a user impersonating a browser from a different browser(changing user-agent as firefox but making the request from chrome)?
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Answered on Feb 25, 2022
IANAL, but I'd say the fake agent is illegal depending on the context. I might be considered illegal if you are trying to gain unauthorized access to information by manipulating the user-agent HTTP header. This same principle could also apply to manipulating Cookie HTTP header. In this context, the prosecutor may label it as "hacking" and e-crime.
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