A SHORT HISTORY OF WEB BOTS AND BOT DETECTION TECHNIQUES

Summary from the TLDR Web Dev newsletter

Simple bots are easily identified. Nowadays, there are more sophisticated bot detection methods like IP reputation checks, TCP/TLS fingerprinting, and JavaScript analysis. As headless browsers have evolved and the use of orchestration frameworks has grown, so have advanced detection techniques like behavioral analysis and latency checks to detect bots attempting to mimic human behavior.