[mrb]

It doesn't work, even after clearing cookies, even in incognito mode:

- Launch new Chrome incognito session

- Open HN story page, click 'web' link

- Click first Google result: http://www.wsj.com/articles/voter-records-for-2-million-iowa...

- I get a partial WSJ page obscured with "To Read the Full Story, Subscribe or Sign In"

I think WSJ is getting smart. Maybe they temp-block IP addresses that try to access a news article (with or without a Google referer) if this IP just tried to access it without a referer in the last X minutes.

Edit: I didn't change anything and now it works. (Standard Chrome install on Linux, latest version, no third-party plugins installed, only extensions installed are Authy and Google Docs.) Go figure what WSJ is doing...

[msravi]

Make sure that your referer header is enabled. If you're using uMatrix and have referer spoof turned on, add this to your rules to disable it for wsj:

referrer-spoof: wsj.com false