Are Random User Agents Still Effective for Web Scraping and Anonymity?

20 Replies, 1330 Views

Honestly, random user agents alone won’t save you these days. Sites use way more than just user agents to detect bots—think mouse movements, browser fingerprints, and even TLS handshake analysis.

If you’re serious about staying under the radar, look into headless browsers like Puppeteer or Playwright. They mimic real user behavior better than just swapping out user agents.

Also, don’t forget to randomize request headers and cookies. It’s a bit more work, but it helps.

Messages In This Thread



Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)