The FBI is probably going nuts here because someone inadvertently archived the Epstein files and everyone at HQ is panicking. They need to purge it for the Internet before someone discovers that archived content, and so they’re using CP as an excuse.
In fairness, if they are hosting those files, there is a very good chance there is cp
The archive runs Apache Hadoop and Apache Accumulo. All data is stored on HDFS, textual content is duplicated 3 times among servers in 2 datacenters and images are duplicated 2 times. Both datacenters are in Europe, with OVH hosting at least one of them.
To avoid detection, archive.today runs via a botnet that cycles through countless IP addresses, making it quite difficult for grumpy webmasters to stop their sites getting scraped. Access to paywalled sites is through logins secured via unclear means, which need to be replenished constantly: here’s the creator asking for Instagram credentials. Finally, the serving of the website is also subject to a perpetual game of cat and mouse: “I can only predict that there will be approximately one trouble with domains per year and each fifth trouble will result in domain loss.” As of today, archive.today still works, but users are redirected to archive.md.
No for real, why? Why are they persuing this?
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/23/nx-s1-5326573/internet-archive-wayback-machine-trump
Different archive, same principle.
It’s more than famous, it’s infamous!
Tackling the problems that really matter. Good job, FBI.
Fucking clowns.
Oh matters to them all right, and their boss.
And it’s not like they’re gonna stop them anyways.
Bypass Paywalls Clean is still around.
Bypass Paywalls Clean for Firefox
Extension: https://gitflic.ru/project/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-firefox-clean
Support only: https://github.com/bpc-clone/bpc_firefox_support/issues
Bypass Paywalls Clean for Chrome
Extension: https://gitflic.ru/project/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-chrome-clean
Support only: https://github.com/bpc-clone/bpc_chrome_support/issues
Updating
For Firefox at least, if you pin the extension to the browser toolbar (or whatever the space next to the address bar is called) you will see a little yellow triangle badge whenever there is an update. Click the extension icon to update.
For Firefox mobile and forks, you may get a notification that there is an update but I haven’t found a one click solution so I just go to the repo, download the xpi and install. To install from file on mobile you need to go to Settings > About Firefox > Tap the logo several times until you see Debug enabled > Go back to main Settings > Under Advanced look for Install extension from file.
Does this work as an alternative to the extensions?
yes
Thank you.
Why isn’t the FBI doing anything about Epstein island list ? That’s more important than some archive website.
Because the victims of the rape of children in the Epstein case don’t have the money. The perpetrators do.
Because the archive site points out their deceptions, lies and cruelty
Whose bread I eat, his song I sing.
They don’t need to, they already have it all.
Sign in to read, no thank you:
Softest paywall ever - they do such good work, they can have an anonymous email of mine no problem
Magic link’s so annoying though, just wanna password (they’re journalists not techies though is the long and short of it)
AI stealing our work. The collapse of social networks. The need to pay journalists to produce impactful journalism. Here is why we are asking for your email address to read 404 Media.
https://www.404media.co/why-404-media-needs-your-email-address/
So basically you need to spam me. Because a donation plea every so often . . .doesn’t get enough addresses to sell?
I’m saying it’s a flawed implementation is all.
Purely anecdotal but they’re the only news site that I’ve ever given my email to and I actually enjoy seeing their emails. They send entire (interesting) articles that can be read with no CSS/tracking images enabled and their monetisation is a small text ad that breaks a single couple of paragraphs.
I’ve never gotten an email from them that was begging for money or anything like that, just basically an RSS feed of interesting articles
The idea that forcing a signup (building a web of information about a user through the use of cookies and other browser metadata) to protect against AI (that is gonna use tooling, mirrors, proxies and any number of fully working methodologies) is ludicrous.
They just want to track who you are, what you do, and then sell that data which should never have been gathered in the first place as part of their advertising revenue.
Normally I would agree with you, but given how much they care about privacy (as indicated by what they write about and talk about on their podcast), I don’t think tracking is what they’re after in this specific case.
And they know that the signup won’t completely block AI, but it does help.
Meta
Seems like another attempt to stifle the flow of information.
I remember when ICE took down Zlibrary…
I’ll take Things fascists do for 400 please, Alex.
Friends of tech Bros Incorporated.
Regulatory capture is complete in the states.
You can just go fuck a duck. Archive is super useful. Leave it alone.
go fuck a duck
Poor duck…
That would explain why adguard’s public DNS started blocking it (labeled vaguely as “legal request”).
Guess I’ll be getting around to starting my own pihole after all
Damn, I was wondering why it was down. I hope it goes back up soon, its such a useful tool.
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Same when I tried to access the archived version of the linked article of this thread. I was faced by a TLS error I never saw before (SSL_ERROR_INTERNAL_ERROR_ALERT), so I thought the Archive Today was facing server-side issues, until I decided to try accessing through the smartphone, and no error happened there.
I only managed to access Archive Today through my computer after disabling several security things, which seems quite suspicious, as if the Archive Today were being hijacked by a MitM (possibly the FBI themselves? They’re famous for setting up honeypots) who were trying to push malicious code/tracking to whomever access it.
I would be further worried if I were USian or a citizen from Global North (as I’m Brazilian and from Global South, I can tell the FBI to go pound sand, lol).
To USians, my suggestion is caution accessing Archive Today (at least the current IP address being pointed at by mainstream DNS resolvers) for a while, as the server, while seemingly Archive Today, may be actually some kind of FBI honeypot in disguise. It goes without saying how ICANN and IANA are US entities, prone to interference from three-lettered US agencies. There are alternatives to Archive Today, such as Ghost Archive and 12ft.
12ft got taken down sometime last year, iirc.
Rip, I was on my school wifi acessing it.
let’s hope the canadian company just ignores this
.ca gov is toeing the line so far.
Question: how does this site differ in function to the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine?
They dont let sites opt-out, and they do a much more seamless job of enabling people to archive paywalled content
You can access pages that are still actively behind any given site’s paywall.
