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Akamai _abck: the cookie that rewrites itself on every response

Akamai Bot Manager is the one anti-bot product where the cookie is the least interesting part of the story. Everyone fixates on _abck .

  • abck cookie in Akamai Bot Manager often overemphasized
  • Success of requests determined by abck updates and headers
  • QA automation focuses on authorized property testing

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