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What obscure methods are they using?

• pogue 11mo ago
  I guess it might fall under a bulletproof hosting type of setup. [1] There have been many people investigating to try and figure out who owns & operates who is actually behind archive[.]today and how they're continuously able to bypass the paywalls of paid sites, continue operating with such large infrastructure with no apparent income source. There was quite a good article posted here on HN about someone trying to figure out those questions, but I can't seem to find it. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletproof_hosting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletproof_hosting
  • stef25 11mo ago
    Isn't it just a question of pretending to be a search bot ? Sites will allow google bot to bypass the paywall so stuff gets indexed.
    • input_sh 11mo ago
      You could easily test your hypothesis yourself. It's not gonna work very well.
    • cactusplant7374 11mo ago
      The owner must have subscriptions to these services. Some paywalls are absolute and it bypasses all of them with ease. I don't see it now but there was a time when archiving a reddit page showed the username that their bot was using.