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by georgieporgie 5347 days ago
Is that stealing? Not to get into a "data wants to be free thing", it just seems like the automatic scraping of (effectively) public information, by an algorithm which can't be held to terms of use.
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I don't think it's stealing, but it's certainly rude.
It's automated social engineering.
What if people begin to sell the data that they have gathered. Would it be illegal then?