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Title    BostonGlobe.Com Disables Articles When Your Browser's in Private Mode
Date    Sunday May 21 2017, @07:21AM
Author    cmn32480
Topic   
from the trying-to-get-paid-for-what-they-do dept.
https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=17/05/21/0216233

Fnord666 writes:

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


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  1. "Fnord666" - https://soylentnews.org/~Fnord666/
  2. "website" - https://www.bostonglobe.com/
  3. "ArsTechnica" - https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/05/boston-globe-website-no-longer-lets-you-read-articles-in-private-mode/
  4. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=20333

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