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submitted 1 year ago by Quexotic to c/support

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What's the deal with all these archive.is links? All they do is send me to infinite capcha loops. I don't get it.

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[–] bbbhltz 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Example? Archive.is is a service similar to Archive.org. In some cases you can bypass paywalls by using it. Archive.is is notorious for their anonymity.

[–] Quexotic 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is that the reason for the excessive capchas?

[–] bbbhltz 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't know. I've never seen a captcha on an Archive.is link

[–] Quexotic 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Good to know. That reinforces what someone else was saying, that it is a bug. Since I've never actually gotten one of the links to work I really don't know precisely what they do but from what I gather I really hope they get it fixed because it sounds like a really cool service.

[–] NateSwift 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think the ISP you use matters a lot. I personally haven’t had issues with it at home, but I was at my parents house the other day and it wouldn’t let me in. Started working immediately when I got home though

[–] Quexotic 2 points 1 year ago

Very helpful! Turning on VPN fixed the issue!

Much appreciated!

[–] ReversalHatchery 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Important to note: for their anonymity, not yours.

Do you preserve archivers' privacy? E.g. not disclose the source IP address?

Yes.

But take in mind that when you archive a page, your IP is being sent to the the website you archive as though you are using a proxy (in X-Forwarded-For header). This feature allows websites (e.g shops or the sites with weather forecast) target your region, not mine.

source: archive.today FAQ
(archive.today is the same as archive.is, they have a couple of alternate domains)

[–] bbbhltz 1 points 1 year ago

Excellent point