Part 3/7:
Ethical Considerations
While explaining the methods, the presenter emphasized ethical considerations, reminding viewers not to engage in illegal activities such as scraping social media platforms or any other sites requiring authentication without permission. Instead, the tutorial focuses on legitimate uses of scraping techniques.
Building a Defensive Website for Testing
As part of the tutorial, the presenter created a test website equipped with several anti-scraping features. These included:
reCAPTCHA: Ensuring that dynamic content is only displayed after users validate their interactions through reCAPTCHA.
User Agent Verification: The site checks the user agent string to determine whether it’s being accessed by an actual browser rather than through a bot.