If you can develop a system that can defeat oauth security you can do way more than falsify Reddit API traffic. You could steal all kinds of information.
You don’t need to authenticate yourself to access most of reddit’s content. It is quite plausible to attempt to collect their content by anonymizing and disguising the collecting sessions good enough. The only thing it really does is make it harder to detect instances of reddit’s hidden moderation, which may be the goal here if their intent is shape and promote discussions towards certain outcomes.
If you can develop a system that can defeat oauth security you can do way more than falsify Reddit API traffic. You could steal all kinds of information.
You don’t need to authenticate yourself to access most of reddit’s content. It is quite plausible to attempt to collect their content by anonymizing and disguising the collecting sessions good enough. The only thing it really does is make it harder to detect instances of reddit’s hidden moderation, which may be the goal here if their intent is shape and promote discussions towards certain outcomes.