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NYTimes is keeping analytics on pay-wall hacks.

6 pointsby yahelcabout 14 years ago

2 comments

yahelcabout 14 years ago
It's interesting, they're even checking for what kind of hack is being used:<p><pre><code> function checkGateway(){ var overlay = document.getElementById("overlay"); if (typeof fulltext !== "undefined") { notify("NYTClean"); } else if (!overlay || overlay.style.display == "none") { notify("PaywallSmasher"); } else { setTimeout(checkGateway, 1000); } } function notify(typeOfHack){ if (NYTD.UPTracker &#38;&#38; typeof NYTD.UPTracker.track === "function") { NYTD.UPTracker.track({ eventType : "domHack", baseUrl : "//up.nytimes.com/?", data : { type : typeOfHack } }); } }</code></pre>
rprasadabout 14 years ago
The easiest hack: just clear your browser cache when you close your browser.<p>I've read way more than 20 articles in the past 2 days, all of them accessed from the NYT homepage itself. Whatever it is that they're "doing", it clearly can't overcome privacy settings that prevent permanent cookies.