[HN Gopher] Bypass Paywalls repository is gone
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Bypass Paywalls repository is gone
Repository seems to be gone:
https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-chrome-clean/
Visiting the user profile says it has been blocked:
https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/
Author : sogen
Score : 141 points
Date : 2024-04-12 18:14 UTC (4 hours ago)
| KomoD wrote:
| Weird, someone said something about that earlier today but then
| it got restored and now it's gone again?
| xnx wrote:
| What's the relation between the Gitlab repository and the Github
| one? https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome
| koito17 wrote:
| The Gitlab one is actually maintained. They haven't been using
| GitHub for a while now. (Plenty of updates to the extension
| have occurred within the past 6 months, the date of the last
| commit on GitHub)
| coretx wrote:
| The gitlab one is "clean". But i don't remember the exact
| details regarding what it means. Just not to use the "dirty"
| one.
| leoh wrote:
| The clean one is not "clean" in that it still does all kinds
| of tracking
| michael9423 wrote:
| What do you mean with this?
| soap- wrote:
| https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-
| chrome/blob/c6...
| cormorant wrote:
| If you look at the source code in any of the mirrors
| people have linked, you'll find that the "clean" one that
| was taken down today does not have Google Analytics.
| KomoD wrote:
| The "clean" version is a fork made by someone else, non-clean
| version has/had Google Analytics in it, and the fork is more
| actively maintained
| tristanj wrote:
| The github repository isn't under active development. The
| gitlab repository exists because a contributor was frustrated
| with the slow updates, forked it, fixed many bugs and removed
| google analytics, and actively maintained it.
|
| https://web.archive.org/web/20240114042043/https://gitlab.co...
| vertis wrote:
| It's hard to know how up to date this is but:
|
| https://github.com/eugenesvk/bypass-paywalls-chrome-clean
|
| (It does seem to be more up-to-date than other mirrors I've
| found)
|
| Edit: It's about 300 commits old.
|
| https://web.archive.org/web/20240410093750/https://gitlab.co...
| ZunarJ5 wrote:
| These appears to be the most recent forks for the archivers. ;)
|
| https://gitlab.com/Fernos/bypass-paywalls-firefox-clean
|
| latest: https://gitlab.com/expat.russia/bypass-paywalls-
| firefox-clea...
|
| https://gitlab.com/cjkpfit/bypass-paywalls-firefox-clean
| pogue wrote:
| It's good that there are forks, but I was under the
| impression that the head person running the project was the
| one keeping all the paywall bypasses up to date. Even if
| these forks work, if no one is actively keeping track of each
| site that is being bypassed as it breaks or changes, they
| won't be working for long.
| ZunarJ5 wrote:
| I am looking into uploading it on archive.org as well.
| Fingers crossed someone takes the torch. Bless open source.
|
| Looks like the official store one was last updated on March
| 1, so the forked links from mid March are only slightly
| ahead.
|
| https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bypass-
| paywal...
|
| Hopefully the original user migrates to a new platform, but
| if this store version gets removed I think we can all
| assume they got struck with a lawsuit threat.
|
| edit - done: https://archive.org/details/bypass-paywalls-
| firefox-clean-ma...
| cormorant wrote:
| What did you mean by "Item details is no longer available
| via the wayback machine"?
|
| The Wayback Machine seems unable to archive the
| JavaScript-based GitLab UI in general; it wasn't removed.
| For example, another major repo: https://web.archive.org/
| web/20240228225845/https://gitlab.co...
| ZunarJ5 wrote:
| Ah, that explains it! Will edit it (also with the updated
| April 1 copy - https://archive.softwareheritage.org/brows
| e/origin/directory...). Cheers.
| ChrisArchitect wrote:
| Tell HN:
| ktosobcy wrote:
| So... any mirror out there?
| idle_zealot wrote:
| Do bypasses like this, which I assume just do things like
| deleting "uncloseable" client-side modals and spoofing
| UA/referrer headers, count as copy-protection circumvention
| technology under the DMCA?
| Karellen wrote:
| Does the thing being bypassed prevent you from saving the page,
| or from making in any other way a copy of any content you've
| already fetched?
|
| If not, how could it be classed as copy-protection?
|
| Edit: One other thing: if spoofing UA headers was a problem,
| all the browsers in the world would fall foul of it - because
| non-Mozilla browsers all say that they're Mozilla, and Opera
| said it was IE, and Chrome said it was Safari, and now a bunch
| of browsers say they're Chrome - at the same time as saying
| they're Mozilla. Except it's more complicated than that.
| idle_zealot wrote:
| I guess it's less copy-protection and more access-control.
| zerof1l wrote:
| 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:bti
| h:7839e845f7965bed1035dc5d4635811d1ede73d2&dn=magnolia1234-bypass
| -paywalls-uploads-master
| cormorant wrote:
| also: https://archive.org/details/bypass_paywalls_clean-3.6.3.0
| spxneo wrote:
| gitlab link does not work
| cormorant wrote:
| Archived copy that's newer than others mentioned:
|
| https://archive.softwareheritage.org/browse/origin/directory...
| Tip revision: 1c8f71997c1fb3b3f60957514ec2bce1591a1bfc authored
| by magnolia1234 on 01 April 2024, 07:35:12 UTC
|
| also the Firefox-specific repo:
| https://archive.softwareheritage.org/browse/origin/directory...
|
| also the bpc-uploads (XPI, CRX):
| https://archive.softwareheritage.org/browse/origin/directory...
| ZunarJ5 wrote:
| I updated the archive.org copy with this one. Oh man, what a
| great site.
| cormorant wrote:
| I think you need the "chrome" repository too.
| ZunarJ5 wrote:
| I'll put all 3 you linked up.
| ta8645 wrote:
| 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/
| garciansmith wrote:
| I get 404s now following those links.
| spxneo wrote:
| 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
| CatWChainsaw wrote:
| 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.
| NelsonMinar wrote:
| This extension works remarkably well. But it requires frequent
| updates to stay working as sites change. I sure hope there's some
| statement on what's up soon.
| ta8645 wrote:
| 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
| nottorp wrote:
| Streisand Effect indeed... I wasn't aware this existed but now
| I've saved a copy.
| tedivm wrote:
| 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.
| xnx wrote:
| Phone number verification also fails for Google Voice.
| djbusby wrote:
| Loads of services have that issue, not just GitLab. Some
| are even blocking Twilio numbers.
| spxneo wrote:
| warning: gitlab link is taken down too, dont waste time
| pswinslow wrote:
| I have a six day old copy of the repository at
| 'https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cS0uXgXdBjkI1ExmUr4ma23FGCw...'
| and 'https://ibiza.seedhost.eu/smugchicken/filebrowser/api/public
| ...'.
|
| git log:
|
| commit 1ec176a328c072114148b9359de4927ca4a1a095 (HEAD -> master)
| Author: magnolia1234
| <7676006-magnolia1234@users.noreply.gitlab.com> Date: Sat Apr 6
| 07:23:50 2024 +0200 Add Nordwest Zeitung
| Fix Capital.fr (videos)
| wkat4242 wrote:
| There's also a version still in the Firefox catalog (the official
| one has been banned from there too):
| https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bypass-paywal...
|
| This is a help in particular for mobile firefox because they
| refuse to let us sideload addons.
| lemoncookiechip wrote:
| 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.
| CM30 wrote:
| 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.
| anthk wrote:
| 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.
| djbusby wrote:
| Does Gemini have any news about being vegan?
| latchkey wrote:
| Previously (yesterday):
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40007670
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