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no paywall: https://archive.is/Wro1e https://archive.is/Wro1e

kentonv 5mo ago
archive.is is malicious -- as in, uses your browser to launch DDoS attacks, and other things. Stop using it. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/wikipedia-bans-archive-today-after-site-executed-ddos-and-altered-web-captures/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/wikipedia-bans-a...
- haarts 5mo ago
  Is there an alternative?
  - sanskritical 5mo ago
    https://removepaywalls.com/https://www.wired.com/story/when-robots-have-their-chatgpt-moment-remember-these-pincers/ https://removepaywalls.com/https://www.wired.com/story/when-... Works for me. I use only Tor so it is actually far more accessible. Archive.is uses Google's Recaptcha, which for some reason rejects valid solutions submitted via Tor.
    - chatmasta 5mo ago
      I’m not sure that is always a valid CAPTCHA and not one being proxied to you for solving it on behalf of some bot (presumably a crawler).
      - sanskritical 5mo ago
        I don't know. I think people would notice if Google were being MITM'd on Tor.
        chatmasta 5mo ago
        You don’t need to MITM it, this was a common pattern for a long time (not sure it still works though). There was no origin verification so you could just use a different site ID and have people respond to captchas you encountered on that site.
- cubefox 5mo ago
  > archive.is is malicious -- as in, uses your browser to launch DDoS attacks, and other things. I think the attack was itself a response to a doxxing attempt. Also, archive.is being a free service doesn't quite fit with claiming they are malicious. The overall picture seems still positive.
  - kentonv 5mo ago
    I don't care what the attack is responding to, nor do I care what services are being provided. If, when I visit your site, your site causes my browser to participate in a DDoS attack without my knowledge, your site is malicious.
    - cubefox 5mo ago
      If you didn't care about the service you wouldn't visit their website in the first place, in which case there is no problem.
- BeetleB 5mo ago
  Is the person behind archive.today the same operator as archive.is?
  - papercrane 5mo ago
    Yes, they have a number of domain names, archive.is and archive.today are the most well known ones.
- ReptileMan 5mo ago
  Just run in the console window=null and you are good. It is valuable service until the websites get their shit together and finally fix their payments model.

archive.is is malicious -- as in, uses your browser to launch DDoS attacks, and other things. Stop using it. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/wikipedia-bans-archive-today-after-site-executed-ddos-and-altered-web-captures/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/wikipedia-bans-a...

haarts 5mo ago
Is there an alternative?
- sanskritical 5mo ago
  https://removepaywalls.com/https://www.wired.com/story/when-robots-have-their-chatgpt-moment-remember-these-pincers/ https://removepaywalls.com/https://www.wired.com/story/when-... Works for me. I use only Tor so it is actually far more accessible. Archive.is uses Google's Recaptcha, which for some reason rejects valid solutions submitted via Tor.
  - chatmasta 5mo ago
    I’m not sure that is always a valid CAPTCHA and not one being proxied to you for solving it on behalf of some bot (presumably a crawler).
    - sanskritical 5mo ago
      I don't know. I think people would notice if Google were being MITM'd on Tor.
      - chatmasta 5mo ago
        You don’t need to MITM it, this was a common pattern for a long time (not sure it still works though). There was no origin verification so you could just use a different site ID and have people respond to captchas you encountered on that site.
cubefox 5mo ago
> archive.is is malicious -- as in, uses your browser to launch DDoS attacks, and other things. I think the attack was itself a response to a doxxing attempt. Also, archive.is being a free service doesn't quite fit with claiming they are malicious. The overall picture seems still positive.
- kentonv 5mo ago
  I don't care what the attack is responding to, nor do I care what services are being provided. If, when I visit your site, your site causes my browser to participate in a DDoS attack without my knowledge, your site is malicious.
  - cubefox 5mo ago
    If you didn't care about the service you wouldn't visit their website in the first place, in which case there is no problem.
BeetleB 5mo ago
Is the person behind archive.today the same operator as archive.is?
- papercrane 5mo ago
  Yes, they have a number of domain names, archive.is and archive.today are the most well known ones.
ReptileMan 5mo ago
Just run in the console window=null and you are good. It is valuable service until the websites get their shit together and finally fix their payments model.