Tell HN: Bypass Paywalls repository is gone • Hacker News Board

Re: Tell HN: Bypass Paywalls repository is gone

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Post by lemoncookiechip » Fri, Apr 12, 2024, 10:20 PM UTC

wkat4242 wrote: post #39

There's also a version still in the Firefox catalog (the official one has been banned from there too): --link removed, it was a fake, the one I referred to is gone too :( -- This is a help in particular for mobile firefox because they refuse to let us sideload addons.

Pretty sure that's the version that kept calling Google Analytics, and why we got a clean fork "Bypass Paywalls Clean".

EDIT: Actually, never mind, this isn't even that, this is a fake according to the reviews.

Re: Tell HN: Bypass Paywalls repository is gone

#42

Post by spxneo » Fri, Apr 12, 2024, 10:21 PM UTC

ta8645 wrote: post #28

Thanks to the Streisand Effect, I've installed this. Seems to work pretty well on the few sites I've tried. Hopefully the maintainer can find a new home and let people know on Twitter. https://twitter.com/Magnolia1234B

warning: gitlab link is taken down too, dont waste time

Re: Tell HN: Bypass Paywalls repository is gone

#43

Post by xnx » Fri, Apr 12, 2024, 10:22 PM UTC

tedivm wrote: post #40

ta8645 wrote: post #28

Thanks to the Streisand Effect, I've installed this. Seems to work pretty well on the few sites I've tried. Hopefully the maintainer can find a new home and let people know on Twitter. https://twitter.com/Magnolia1234B

Wow, Gitlab has gotten ridiculous. They're making me sign up for an account, verify email, go through two captchas, and fill out a survey before they'll let me view the repository. . . . and now that I've done all that the repository is 404ing.

Phone number verification also fails for Google Voice.

Re: Tell HN: Bypass Paywalls repository is gone

#44

Post by spxneo » Fri, Apr 12, 2024, 10:22 PM UTC

zerof1l wrote: post #18

Apparently this page works! You can download latest version from here: https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bpc-uploads/ EDIT: magnet link with all btc-uploads content magnet:?xt=urn:btih:7839e845f7965bed1035dc5d4635811d1ede73d2&dn=magnolia1234-bypass-paywalls-uploads-master

gitlab link does not work

Re: Tell HN: Bypass Paywalls repository is gone

#45

Post by spxneo » Fri, Apr 12, 2024, 10:23 PM UTC

garciansmith wrote: post #23

ta8645 wrote: post #22

Edit: * Has been taken offline now. * They didn't purge the xpi download repository, so you can still download the latest XPI package signed by Mozilla: https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bpc-uploads/-/raw/master/byp... There are other xpi packages available in the same repo: https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bpc-uploads/

I get 404s now following those links.

how powerful do you have to be in the US to be able to take down mirrors within an hour? this is disturbing to see

Re: Tell HN: Bypass Paywalls repository is gone

#46

Post by CM30 » Fri, Apr 12, 2024, 10:24 PM UTC

Seems like Gitlab seems to be even more ridiculous with their responses to large businesses and potentially dubious copyright claims than GitHub is. It's not the only time this month I've seen them take down repositories related to projects that some large company wanted removed despite it not necessarily being illegal in any way.

Re: Tell HN: Bypass Paywalls repository is gone

#47

Post by anthk » Fri, Apr 12, 2024, 10:41 PM UTC

Use DIllo, Lynx or Links on the URL's. If that fails, head to gemini://gemi.dev, the section News Waffle, and paste your own link. Use Lagrange, Gplaces or whatever Gemini client you like.

Re: Tell HN: Bypass Paywalls repository is gone

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Post by CatWChainsaw » Fri, Apr 12, 2024, 10:44 PM UTC

spxneo wrote: post #45

garciansmith wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I get 404s now following those links.

how powerful do you have to be in the US to be able to take down mirrors within an hour? this is disturbing to see

Specifically for a tool for bypassing paywalls. I'd expect this behavior if we were talking about CSAM or a stream of terrorists beheading people.

Re: Tell HN: Bypass Paywalls repository is gone

#49

Post by latchkey » Fri, Apr 12, 2024, 10:48 PM UTC

Previously (yesterday): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40007670

Re: Tell HN: Bypass Paywalls repository is gone

#50

Post by djbusby » Fri, Apr 12, 2024, 10:55 PM UTC

xnx wrote: post #43

tedivm wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wow, Gitlab has gotten ridiculous. They're making me sign up for an account, verify email, go through two captchas, and fill out a survey before they'll let me view the repository. . . . and now that I've done all that the repository is 404ing.

Phone number verification also fails for Google Voice.

Loads of services have that issue, not just GitLab. Some are even blocking Twilio numbers.