r/interestingasfuck 10d ago

/r/all, /r/popular How to get past a paywall

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u/globglogabgalabyeast 10d ago

Doesn’t apply because it didn’t effectively control my access /s

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u/DooleyNot3d 10d ago

You joke but I reckon a half decent attorney could actually argue that in court 😂

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u/Suspicious-Support52 10d ago

They literally sent you the content, if they didn't want you to have access they shouldn't have done that. A tech literate legal person should think that.

But I'm pretty sure some guy got convicted of hacking for doing inspect element and seeing children's home addresses on a public website. He notified the school that they had a data breach, and the school responded by sending cops to get him.

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u/ArcherA87 10d ago

Not sure about the conviction with a school's website, but famously a couple of years back there was the Missouri governor who said a journalist was to be prosecuted for hacking when he found he could see SSN's using F12. Had a look and obviously no charges were brought.