The Boston Globe website is closing off a hole in its paywall by preventing visitors who aren't logged in from reading articles in a browser's private mode.
"You're using a browser set to private or incognito mode" is the message given to BostonGlobe.com visitors who click on articles in private mode. "To continue reading articles in this mode, please log in to your Globe account." People who aren't already Globe subscribers are urged to subscribe.
Like other news sites, the Globe limits the number of articles people can read without a subscription. Until the recent change, Globe website visitors could read more articles for free by switching to private or incognito mode.
Source: ArsTechnica
(Score: 1) by anubi on Wednesday May 24 2017, @12:17AM
Thanks for the "heads up! Incoming!". And pointing me to the stinking piles I had not seen.
People like you are *exactly* what I find so important in reading Soylent News.
Like you say, this IS important stuff. Ignorance leads to poor decisions.
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