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1024core
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Internet Archive: Security breach alert
Why should an Archive need accounts anyways? This is like a public library: you don't need to authenticate yourself to enter a public library, do you?
r721
on Oct 10, 2024
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I created an account there because
https://web.archive.org/save
requires an account to set "Save outlinks" checkbox on.
ileonichwiesz
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Don’t you? That’s what a library card is.
nevster
on Oct 10, 2024
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Anyone who contributes by uploading material needs an account
ct0
on Oct 10, 2024
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How do you think they keep track of late fees?
acherion
on Oct 10, 2024
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To enter? No. To borrow? Yes.
1024core
on Oct 10, 2024
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What are you "borrowing" from the Archive?
Nemo_bis
on Oct 10, 2024
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Books. (Until they're vanished by publishers.
https://www.techdirt.com/2024/06/20/500000-books-have-been-d...
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1024core
on Oct 11, 2024
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How is viewing some bytes on your monitor "borrowing"? Whose copy of the book goes missing when you do that?
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