I reckon this is because MediaTemple migrated a bunch of customers over to cPanel today…
My old (gs) website started showing the same error page within minutes of this being posted.
BugMeNot Is Gone?
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Re: BugMeNot Is Gone?
#42I reckon this is because MediaTemple migrated a bunch of customers over to cPanel today… My old (gs) website started showing the same error page within minutes of this being posted.
They used to be hosted by NearlyFreeSpeech.Net
Re: BugMeNot Is Gone?
#43BugMeNot was a good example of a pivot - RetailMeNot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RetailMeNot ($90 million for the founders) Which is why they let BugMeNot start slipping over a decade ago removing domains when requested, they didn't want to risk the cash cow.
Too bad RMN is garbage these days.
Either the promo codes don't work, or they're not even promo codes at all, just a list of sales. And half the time, those sales are expired.
I just use Honey these days to automate trying all the codes. Yes, I know I'm certainly giving away my shopping habits, but I don't really care.
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#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
I only ever used it to access things that should not have been behind a user account in the first place. It was really just an opt out for the forced "sign up for our newsletter/spam to download our app" type paths. The only thing it'd really leak is that someone with a particular IP had used bugmenot... Which many would likely consider an advantage over going through creating an account and potentially getting spamm…
It doesn’t matter you use it to access a news article someone else uses it to issue a death threat as a joke or do something worse your IP is tagged on the same account and someone might come knocking. Law enforcement isn’t even likely to know that the account is on BMN or even what it is. And what’s worse is if the rest of the IPs are foreign but you are local well congrats you’ve now become the focus simply for bei…
That sure is a bunch of fearmongery. With how mobile everyone is these days an account can be logged into by hundreds of IPs, including residential IPs like friends and family. It's not a very significant data point for law enforcement unless they can find any actual dirt through that.
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#45I stopped using this site along with retailmenot a long time ago as they aren't very useful anymore...
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#46Mediatemple. Haven't heard that name in ages. It looks like they're still in CA.
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#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's probably your browser trying to protect you from yourself, re: HTTPS. It works in non-user hostile browsers.
Which browser from this decade ignores HSTS completely?
Chrome can actually bypass HSTS if you enter the super secret code in the security warning screen. The code is changed regularly though, you'll have to check chromium source code to get the current bypass code. (e.g. https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/refs/tags/1... )
Very useful for testing but don't make a habit to use it on some random websites.
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#48Blocked in uBO by The Block List Project - Malware List.
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#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
Still worked for ~75% of sites I visited. Especially smaller sites and those annoying forums that required a login to download attachments.
Web-browsers are a lot better at auto-filling registration forms correctly thesedays, and now that even Office 365 supports disposable e-mail addresses means that registering for online services is far less of a chore than it was before. Also, many sites support federated identity (OIDC, Sign-in-with-Google, etc) which also takes a lot of the pain away. I remember in years gone-by, before data/privacy-laws were eithe…
No, that's not it: privacy from corporate tracking.
Re: BugMeNot Is Gone?
#50Blocked in uBO by The Block List Project - Malware List.
Block list without veracity or traceability doesn't mean much...