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by dataking 48 days ago
no paywall: https://archive.is/Wro1e
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kentonv 48 days ago
archive.is is malicious -- as in, uses your browser to launch DDoS attacks, and other things.

Stop using it.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/wikipedia-bans-a...

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cubefox 48 days ago
> archive.is is malicious -- as in, uses your browser to launch DDoS attacks, and other things.

I think the attack was itself a response to a doxxing attempt. Also, archive.is being a free service doesn't quite fit with claiming they are malicious. The overall picture seems still positive.

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kentonv 48 days ago
I don't care what the attack is responding to, nor do I care what services are being provided.

If, when I visit your site, your site causes my browser to participate in a DDoS attack without my knowledge, your site is malicious.

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cubefox 48 days ago
If you didn't care about the service you wouldn't visit their website in the first place, in which case there is no problem.
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BeetleB 48 days ago
Is the person behind archive.today the same operator as archive.is?
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papercrane 48 days ago
Yes, they have a number of domain names, archive.is and archive.today are the most well known ones.
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ReptileMan 48 days ago
Just run in the console window=null and you are good. It is valuable service until the websites get their shit together and finally fix their payments model.
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haarts 48 days ago
Is there an alternative?
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sanskritical 48 days ago
https://removepaywalls.com/https://www.wired.com/story/when-...

Works for me. I use only Tor so it is actually far more accessible. Archive.is uses Google's Recaptcha, which for some reason rejects valid solutions submitted via Tor.

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chatmasta 48 days ago
I’m not sure that is always a valid CAPTCHA and not one being proxied to you for solving it on behalf of some bot (presumably a crawler).
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sanskritical 48 days ago
I don't know. I think people would notice if Google were being MITM'd on Tor.
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chatmasta 48 days ago
You don’t need to MITM it, this was a common pattern for a long time (not sure it still works though). There was no origin verification so you could just use a different site ID and have people respond to captchas you encountered on that site.
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