2. Evasion, Debugger, & Anti-Stealth Traps
toString Patch Shadow
Detection approach
Function.toString shadowing detected. Core browser APIs have been intercepted and patched via Proxy objects or getters to hide automation flags. This is a definitive signature of stealth plugins (e.g., puppeteer-extra-plugin-stealth).
How this helps detect bots
This signal is assessed with other independent session, browser, and network evidence. A single anomaly is a lead, not a verdict; corroborating anomalies make automated traffic more likely.
Legitimate traffic to consider
Users running privacy-focused tools or ad-blockers that proxy native APIs to prevent fingerprinting.