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Reddit to lock content behind logins to fight scrapers

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Reddit to lock content behind logins to fight scrapers

Reddit announced plans to gradually transition toward a logged-in-only service model, limiting access for unauthenticated visitors. The move aims to restrict automated content scraping while maintaining some browsing capability for non-users.

Why it matters: Security researchers and threat intelligence teams relying on public Reddit data for monitoring malware discussions, vulnerability disclosures, or threat actor activity will face reduced scraping access and may need to adjust collection methods or create authenticated accounts.

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