Is using a user fake agent illegal, when you are crawling a website? If so, what and how legal action can be taken against the faking requester? Is this law applies 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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Log in to answerBest Answer · By JanBask MS SQL Server Expert
Answered on Jul 19, 2021
It is not illegal here in the US. would be wary of seeking legal advice on the internet, especially without giving a specific location. Laws change city to city as they do country to country. So declaring user fake agent illegal doesn’t make sense unless you state the specific state or city.
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