Don’t be buggin’

Aug 20, 2004 21:51

Ever followed a link to a news story only to plow into an annoying registration wall? Back in the old days (like, five or six years ago) there was the cypherpunks hack - try “cypherpunks” for both the user ID and the password; if that wasn’t already registered, then register with those values. There were complications - if the site didn’t allow a ( Read more... )

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This is great info, thanks! celestialabyss August 21 2004, 16:40:26 UTC
Just tested it out. Works great! I have no clue what newspapers are hoping to get out of making people register, especially since there's no subscription money involved.

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