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The Daily Telegraph seem to have introduced their paywall - they are displaying a subscribe screen after 20 free article views in one month.
So far, it appears that all you need to do to get around it is to delete all the cookies that have the word 'telegraph' in them. In Chrome, these are easily accessed from the Settings / Advanced Settings / Content Settings / All Cookies and Site Data menu.
This speedily restores the site and no need to pay.
So far, it appears that all you need to do to get around it is to delete all the cookies that have the word 'telegraph' in them. In Chrome, these are easily accessed from the Settings / Advanced Settings / Content Settings / All Cookies and Site Data menu.
This speedily restores the site and no need to pay.
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Does this method work on the Times/Financial Times I wonder?
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One's curious to wonder what might happen if you set your browsers to simply refuse cookies from that site.
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(Original post by Fullofsurprises)
A nearby Sheldon-type was helpful!
Does this method work on the Times/Financial Times I wonder?
A nearby Sheldon-type was helpful!
Does this method work on the Times/Financial Times I wonder?
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One's curious to wonder what might happen if you set your browsers to simply refuse cookies from that site.
One's curious to wonder what might happen if you set your browsers to simply refuse cookies from that site.
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(Original post by Fullofsurprises)
Is that easy to do?
Is that easy to do?
Click 'Make exceptions for cookies from specific websites or domains' and follow the instructions.
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(Original post by Fullofsurprises)
Is that easy to do?
Is that easy to do?
I don't know of a workaround for the times, anyone know one?
For the FT (seriously, it's the best one for serious news) just use an extension to supply the site with the googlebot user agent string.
The economist also works fine with cookies blocked.
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For the FT (seriously, it's the best one for serious news) just use an extension to supply the site with the googlebot user agent string.
For the FT (seriously, it's the best one for serious news) just use an extension to supply the site with the googlebot user agent string.
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(Original post by AnonymousPenguin)
For Firefox right click, select view page info and then edit permissions. Allow sessions cookies is working fine for me atm, since it allows you to login to their comments.
I don't know of a workaround for the times, anyone know one?
For the FT (seriously, it's the best one for serious news) just use an extension to supply the site with the googlebot user agent string.
The economist also works fine with cookies blocked.
For Firefox right click, select view page info and then edit permissions. Allow sessions cookies is working fine for me atm, since it allows you to login to their comments.
I don't know of a workaround for the times, anyone know one?
For the FT (seriously, it's the best one for serious news) just use an extension to supply the site with the googlebot user agent string.
The economist also works fine with cookies blocked.
I didn't know of this googlebot user agent trick!
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Torygraph is essentially a tabloid disguised as a respectable paper as it is evident from the content that can be found there.
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(Original post by Fullofsurprises)
The Daily Telegraph seem to have introduced their paywall - they are displaying a subscribe screen after 20 free article views in one month.
So far, it appears that all you need to do to get around it is to delete all the cookies that have the word 'telegraph' in them. In Chrome, these are easily accessed from the Settings / Advanced Settings / Content Settings / All Cookies and Site Data menu.
This speedily restores the site and no need to pay.
The Daily Telegraph seem to have introduced their paywall - they are displaying a subscribe screen after 20 free article views in one month.
So far, it appears that all you need to do to get around it is to delete all the cookies that have the word 'telegraph' in them. In Chrome, these are easily accessed from the Settings / Advanced Settings / Content Settings / All Cookies and Site Data menu.
This speedily restores the site and no need to pay.
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You could also use Tor, which uses proxy servers to make you completely untraceable. Slightly unnecessary though.
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lol just view it incognito.
lol just view it incognito.
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(Original post by Fullofsurprises)
What exactly do you mean by "view it incognito"? It doesn't require a login initially, it just recognises when you've passed 20 page viewings in one month via the cookies.
What exactly do you mean by "view it incognito"? It doesn't require a login initially, it just recognises when you've passed 20 page viewings in one month via the cookies.
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(Original post by Imperial_Maniac)
Google chrome has an incognito mode (ctrl+shift+n) which means that history and cookies aren't recorded or registered, so paywalls don't work. Much easier than deleting your cookies every 5 minutes. I use it to read onion news stuff all the time.
Google chrome has an incognito mode (ctrl+shift+n) which means that history and cookies aren't recorded or registered, so paywalls don't work. Much easier than deleting your cookies every 5 minutes. I use it to read onion news stuff all the time.
EDIT: I checked what you said about paywalls not working - the FT paywall still works when you are in incognito mode. It seems from the description that Incognito is to do with not leaving a trail in your browser, for example, when you want to do banking when you are in a public space or something like that, not to do with thwarting paywall cookies.
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(Original post by Fullofsurprises)
It seems from the description that Incognito is to do with not leaving a trail in your browser, for example, when you want to do banking when you are in a public space or something like that, not to do with thwarting paywall cookies.
It seems from the description that Incognito is to do with not leaving a trail in your browser, for example, when you want to do banking when you are in a public space or something like that, not to do with thwarting paywall cookies.
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(Original post by InnerTemple)
I heard that some people use it if they want to look at naughty things.
I heard that some people use it if they want to look at naughty things.
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(Original post by Fullofsurprises)
Does this method work on the Times/Financial Times I wonder?
Does this method work on the Times/Financial Times I wonder?
I will very happily be open to correction on that though!
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How does one make the Googlebot thing work in Chrome? Anyone know?
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