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NYTimes is keeping analytics on pay-wall hacks.
- yahelc 15y agoIt's interesting, they're even checking for what kind of hack is being used: function checkGateway(){ var overlay = document.getElementById("overlay"); if (typeof fulltext !== "undefined") { notify("NYTClean"); } else if (!overlay || overlay.style.display == "none") { notify("PaywallSmasher"); } else { setTimeout(checkGateway, 1000); } } function notify(typeOfHack){ if (NYTD.UPTracker && typeof NYTD.UPTracker.track === "function") { NYTD.UPTracker.track({ eventType : "domHack", baseUrl : "//up.nytimes.com/?", data : { type : typeOfHack } }); } }
- rprasad 15y agoThe easiest hack: just clear your browser cache when you close your browser. I've read way more than 20 articles in the past 2 days, all of them accessed from the NYT homepage itself. Whatever it is that they're "doing", it clearly can't overcome privacy settings that prevent permanent cookies.