Innerworld@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours agoAt least 3 major outlets — The New York Times, The Guardian, and Reddit — have blocked the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine from accessing their contentwww.mediapost.comexternal-linkmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1379arrow-down13
arrow-up1376arrow-down1external-linkAt least 3 major outlets — The New York Times, The Guardian, and Reddit — have blocked the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine from accessing their contentwww.mediapost.comInnerworld@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours agomessage-square47fedilink
minus-squaregreen_goglin@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up25·11 hours agoNobody tell NYT about being able to add another “.” Subsequent to”.com” to bypass their paywall.
minus-squarebrucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·29 minutes agoWhy does this work? Is it a deliberate bypass on the NYT’s part?
minus-squaregAlienLifeform@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 hours agoI’m probably screwing it up here, but neither of these are working for me https://www.nytimes.com.2026/02/04/us/politics/supreme-court-california-congressional-map.html https://www.nytimes…com/2026/02/04/us/politics/supreme-court-california-congressional-map.html
minus-squareSocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 hours agoPut the an extra “.” after the “.com” so “.com.”
minus-squaregAlienLifeform@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 hours agoAh, https://www.nytimes.com/./2026/02/04/us/politics/supreme-court-california-congressional-map.html won’t work on my usual browser (which just ends up loading NYTs homepage) but it does work in a Chrome incognito window Thank you!
minus-squaregreen_goglin@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 hours agoyou’re welcome: https://www.nytimes.com/./2026/02/04/us/politics/supreme-court-california-congressional-map.html
minus-squaregAlienLifeform@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 hours agoI think auto complete or something might have messed with what you intended to post, that link still hits the paywall for me, but using your guidance I was eventually able to figure out that nytimes.com./2026 etc. works in a Chrome incognito window. The “.” after “com” and the “/” after that “.” are apparently the critical bits
minus-squarestegosaur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·9 hours agoAwesome, this is the best paywall hack I have ever seen!
Nobody tell NYT about being able to add another “.” Subsequent to”.com” to bypass their paywall.
Why does this work? Is it a deliberate bypass on the NYT’s part?
I’m probably screwing it up here, but neither of these are working for me
https://www.nytimes.com.2026/02/04/us/politics/supreme-court-california-congressional-map.html
https://www.nytimes…com/2026/02/04/us/politics/supreme-court-california-congressional-map.html
Put the an extra “.” after the “.com” so “.com.”
Ah, https://www.nytimes.com/./2026/02/04/us/politics/supreme-court-california-congressional-map.html won’t work on my usual browser (which just ends up loading NYTs homepage) but it does work in a Chrome incognito window
Thank you!
you’re welcome:
I think auto complete or something might have messed with what you intended to post, that link still hits the paywall for me, but using your guidance I was eventually able to figure out that
works in a Chrome incognito window. The “.” after “com” and the “/” after that “.” are apparently the critical bits
Awesome, this is the best paywall hack I have ever seen!