this post was submitted on 25 May 2026
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The problem is that you can't block all scraping. The scrapers make their bots look like regular traffic, so even if you block all known scrapers, there will be tons that just look like humans visiting your site.
Collaborative list of basic IP blocks of known scraper hosts.
They spoof their ip now
IP addresses can't really be spoofed, but there are other issues that make IP-based filtering impractical. (VPNs, IPv6, malicious reporting, shared IPs, NAT, etc)
changing IPs is very easy.