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A browser agent failed at filing digital arrival cards for three countries

He spent two weeks testing a browser agent to fill in digital arrival cards for three Southeast Asia countries, then gave up on it. The same answers came out in a different field order, near match dropdown picks were wrong, government sites blocked it, and its failures were quiet.

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How it works

  1. The agent opens the arrival card site
  2. It fills the form from his details
  3. Field order and dropdown picks change between runs
  4. Government anti bot walls block it
  5. Failures surface late or not at all

Why it’s worth knowing

The same answers produced a different form each run, which is the one thing a government form cannot tolerate.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on reddit.com. See the original ↗

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