Modern bot detection rarely deals with obviously fake browsers. Most large-scale automation today runs inside browser instances, with patched fingerprints, realistic behavior, and few visible automation artifacts. This pushes detection systems toward weaker, contextual signals rather than single hard indicators. Browser extensions are one such signal. Extensions run in separate
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