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Bots just run copies of Chrome these days, you're not protecting anyone with this obfuscation if the bots you're targeting can just run your code and automate the UI.

With the obfuscated fingerprinting demonstrated by the virtualized code, I reckon they're doing something more malicious.



You answered it yourself. They are trying to fingerprint bots and to avoid people figuring out how to beat the fingerprint they obfuscate the code.




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