Post AXkQ345YVdUH5vHTrE by veroandi@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #AXkQ33CxmbooMbjslU by veroandi@mastodon.social
2023-07-15T15:27:55Z
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Some web scraping job tasks:- Utilise advanced techniques to bypass blocking technologies, including CAPTCHAs, IP blocking, and user agent restrictions&- Ensure compliance with applicable data privacy regulations and ethical web scraping practiceshttps://competitormonitor.com/text-web-scraping-specialist-remote-page-173.html#privacy #joboffer #scraping #webscraping #python #ethics
(DIR) Post #AXkQ345YVdUH5vHTrE by veroandi@mastodon.social
2023-07-15T15:28:09Z
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If they explicitly write "bypass" and "circumvent" blocking technologies in their job description, why bother asking for ethical skills from developers? They don't really want an "ethical dev", do they?😏
(DIR) Post #AXkQ34kK44658MM2Ou by murk@social.tchncs.de
2023-07-15T15:56:37Z
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@veroandi I think I'm out of the loop here, why exactly is web scraping unethical? Just curious since this is the first time I've heard this
(DIR) Post #AXkQ35OjdoQJ9hGJOK by dcc@annihilation.social
2023-07-16T09:30:37.935508Z
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@murk @veroandi Its not lol
(DIR) Post #AXkQU0piikhQohivfU by Hoss@shitpost.cloud
2023-07-16T09:35:33.256305Z
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"Downloading data we freely sent to your computer is unethical" is the kind of take that makes me want to build a guillotine for some reason.