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by antisol 1788 days ago
oh, did I not mention that I'm sending an X-send-401-if-use-is-unauthorised-and-also-please-note-that-by-responding-to-this-http-request-you-agree-to-my-eula header in my request?

Yeah, sorry, looks like I did forget to mention that.

I'm sending that header, too. So as you can see, by responding to a request containing that header they're accepting my terms, which are legally binding just like their eula (and in fact specifically take precedence over their eula), and which compels them to detect any use not authorised under their eula and notify me with a 401, and that by failing to do so they're explicitly authorising the use.

So, yeah, it's pretty clear that if they're not responding with a 401, my use is authorised. Thanks for playing!

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Cool, so that means you won't go after me after I figure out all your bank passwords and steal all your money? After all, the website sent back a 200 status code, which means I must have been authorized.
I think you're confused. Why would I come after you for that?