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by Murkin 2126 days ago
Silliest paywall ever:

  1. Open dev tools
  2. Delete the overlay element (id = graphics-paywall-overlay)
  3. Disable 'overflow: hidden' on body
Or just run:

  document.getElementById("graphics-paywall-overlay").remove()
  document.body.style.overflow = 'inherit'
1 comments

Yeah, the security on physical newspaper vending machines is laughably easy to defeat as well. Just smash the glass on the front with a rock and you can take as many papers as you want, for free. Or for a less destructive route you can use a special tubular lock pick.