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Why does putting a dot after the URL remove login information?

• arcboii92 7y ago
  This is really interesting! I just tried visiting a random nytimes article, which was over my free quota (because everyone on HN seems to have subscriptions at every news website). I then changed the url to nytimes.com. AND IT LOADED! Wow. My free article limit on every website just doubled.
  • asxd 7y ago
    I think in almost every case you can also just clear your cookies for that site after reaching the free limit.
    • skinnymuch 7y ago
      This is much quicker, no?
  • lostgame 7y ago
    Private / incognito mode also works for this most of the time. :)
    • Xelbair 7y ago
      which basically removes cookies and other metadata.