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How is this paywall bypassed? I've tried disabling scripts, reader view, and archive.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20200403225044/https://www.wsj.com/articl

How is this paywall bypassed? I've tried disabling scripts, reader view, and archive.org. https://web.archive.org/web/20200403225044/https://www.wsj.com/articles/inside-the-covert-group-threatening-to-bring-down-north-korea-11585923813 https://web.archive.org/web/20200403225044/https://www.wsj.c... Edit: From the FAQ for HN: >Are paywalls ok? It's ok to post stories from sites with paywalls that have workarounds. In comments, it's ok to ask how to read an article and to help other users do so.

anonu 7y ago
Pay for WSJ? Or find it cross-published in some news aggregator: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/inside-the-secretive-group-trying-to-bring-down-north-koreas-regime/ar-BB128HXF https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/inside-the-secretive-gr...
- jshevek 7y ago
  Regarding paying for WSJ, I think it would be better (between those two choices) for it to not be submitted. Articles which require payment are not accessible to the whole HN community. Edit: Also, thank you for the working link.
- dang 7y ago
  We've changed to that URL from https://www.wsj.com/articles/inside-the-covert-group-threatening-to-bring-down-north-korea-11585923813 https://www.wsj.com/articles/inside-the-covert-group-threate.... Thanks!
chatmasta 7y ago
https://github.com/iamadamdev https://github.com/iamadamdev (hypothetically, of course) EDIT: Actually that doesn't even seem to be working now. What does work is adding ?fbclid=xxxx to the end of the URL.
PowerfulWizard 7y ago
http://archive.is/if0Lx http://archive.is/if0Lx This site works sometimes.
catalogia 7y ago
> I've tried disabling scripts, I have javascript disabled and see no paywall.
- jshevek 7y ago
  Someone provided a better link. The link was changed after my comment, and before yours. Edit: All other discussion occurred after this point. It's possible the paywall prevented discussion.

anonu 7y ago

Pay for WSJ? Or find it cross-published in some news aggregator: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/inside-the-secretive-group-trying-to-bring-down-north-koreas-regime/ar-BB128HXF https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/inside-the-secretive-gr...

jshevek 7y ago
Regarding paying for WSJ, I think it would be better (between those two choices) for it to not be submitted. Articles which require payment are not accessible to the whole HN community. Edit: Also, thank you for the working link.
dang 7y ago
We've changed to that URL from https://www.wsj.com/articles/inside-the-covert-group-threatening-to-bring-down-north-korea-11585923813 https://www.wsj.com/articles/inside-the-covert-group-threate.... Thanks!

chatmasta 7y ago

https://github.com/iamadamdev https://github.com/iamadamdev (hypothetically, of course) EDIT: Actually that doesn't even seem to be working now. What does work is adding ?fbclid=xxxx to the end of the URL.

PowerfulWizard 7y ago

http://archive.is/if0Lx http://archive.is/if0Lx This site works sometimes.

catalogia 7y ago

> I've tried disabling scripts, I have javascript disabled and see no paywall.

jshevek 7y ago
Someone provided a better link. The link was changed after my comment, and before yours. Edit: All other discussion occurred after this point. It's possible the paywall prevented discussion.