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How can you prevent profile scraping?
It is about time online businesses, especially social media, realized the fact that suing is not the
only solution to end online threats; they must get proactive in stopping them in the first place.
Profile Scraping can be prevented by a few common strategies. But in order for these strategies
to be effective all the time, they require periodic maintenance and upgradation, which results in
operational fatigue.
On the other hand, there are reliable anti-scraping solutions that can detect and prevent bots
with malicious intent and provide you with in depth insights on bot traffic.
Social media businesses should opt for such reliable, long term approaches to uphold their
brand value and ensure 100% user and content privacy.
About The Author
Srilekha Sankaran is a software developer turned content marketer who
currently works for ShieldSquare. She is a startup enthusiast, and enjoys
writing about people and technology at large.
Srilekha can be reached online at Twitter, LinkedIn, Medium and Email.
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