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by mmerlin 1649 days ago
It's legal to scrape public websites.

And if you can read Python you have nothing to fear

Read the source before you blindly run anything!

the /scrapers/ folder in particular e.g.

https://github.com/aapatre/Automatic-Udemy-Course-Enroller-G...

If it was closed source or if you are ultra paranoid there is plenty more you can do for safety

e.g.

- run the code in a disposable VM

- run the code one step at a time, maybe in debug mode, or a Jupyter notebook for example

- Wireshark

etc etc