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  • I don’t a single guide for you but I can layout a road map.

    1. A programming language. I prefer Python.
    2. Basic HTML syntax and CSS selectors
    3. HTTP, specifically methods, status code (no need to memorize all cuz you can go look it up), and cookies

    After you got those foundation ready, you can go on and try to build a webscraper. I advice aginst using Scrapy. Not because it is bad but too overwhelming and abstracted for any beginner. I will instead advice you use requests for HTTP, and BeautifulSoup4 for HTML parsing. You will build a more solid foundation and transition to scrapy later when you need those advanced function.

    When you get stuck, don’t afraid to pause on your attempt and read tutorials again. Head to the Python Community on Discord to get interactive help. We welcome noobs as we once were noobs too. Just don’t ever mention scraping there as they can’t help if they suspect you’re trying to do something inappropriate, malicious, or illegal. They are notoriously aginst yt-dlp which frustrates me a bit. Phrase it nicely and in an generic way. I will be there occasionally offering help.





















  • They like anything that can generate profits for them, The point isn’t open source. If OSS can give them more benefits, they are 1000% happy to do.

    Say Chromium, yeah they OSS it, but also give them power to define web standards. Many sites would “advice” its user to use Chrome or Edge. Why? Because Chromium based browers had almost 90% market share. Why bother to make it compatiable with other browers? Then the Manifest v3 and Web Environment Integrity shit came out.

    They didn’t dislike FF particular, but anything that hurt their profit, as any for-profit company would do.


  • Yes as its just another link, but not that usable deployed alone.

    For example, log in to unsubscribe. I had a few marketing emails does this.

    However, when’s your last time clicking the unsubscribe link? I guess most people would mark it spam before unsubscribe, at least I do.

    Most attackers will consider more eye catching, urgent, and time sensitive subjects like prizes win, exclusive discounts, or account security warning rather wait one clicking on the unsubscribe link. It is more resonable to add a malicious unsub link with all other links. Actually, all links should redirect the victim to the phishing page.