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"Stealth Crawlers" Are Not a Threat to the Open Web. Bills Targeting Them Would Be.

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Legislation targeting "stealth crawlers," which are automated tools used to collect public web data anonymously, is gaining traction despite their beneficial roles in research and cybersecurity. Such laws could undermine the open web by compromising user privacy and hindering valuable investigative work, while failing to address the underlying technical issues faced by publishers due to aggressive crawling practices.

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