Just started using paywall bypass plugin - BPC. Honestly, love it so far. I found that both their github and gitlab are blocked. I found that tool at gitflic.ru

Never, used this repository or the extension before. Curious, if people from the community use it and how secure they would consider this?

  • thesohoriots@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 days ago

    I use it as an imported list, and as others mentioned, it was repeatedly subject to legal action and takedowns so the creator had to flee the mainstream. Wasn’t a fan of the new site either, but it’s the best we’ve got.

  • gigachad@sh.itjust.works
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    7 days ago

    I am using it. I found it very suspicious it is hosted on a Russian website at first. However because of copyright violations the author couldn’t leave the extension on a server the US/EU can access.
    The extension clearly states which websites it is accessing and you can look through the whole list. I did that a while ago and found nothing suspicious. I trust the author, but you can never now for sure.

    • CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee
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      6 days ago

      Copyright violations for a browser extension that simply bypasses paywalls? Sound fishy as tools like Ublock Origin can do the same and have been well known for years and faced no takedown requests.

      • gigachad@sh.itjust.works
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        6 days ago

        Bypass Paywall Clean was the defacto standard for bypassing paywall until it got taken down. It can reliably bypass the paywalls of hundreds of different international news agencies. If you can achieve that with a UBlock script I will be very happy if you could share it.