[HN Gopher] BugMeNot Is Gone
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       BugMeNot Is Gone
        
       Author : jacopoj
       Score  : 56 points
       Date   : 2022-11-15 21:39 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (bugmenot.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (bugmenot.com)
        
       | dogma1138 wrote:
       | Never understood why people use it seems to be too risky.
       | 
       | You can end up sharing an account with someone associated with
       | some unsavory activity and end up having to explain it.
       | 
       | Plus many sites allow users to view their login and download
       | activity logs which means your private information can leak that
       | way.
       | 
       | Sure VPNs and TORs can help mitigate some of that risk but BMN
       | isn't for opsec it's for continence if you already are taking
       | extra steps for opsec you might as well use disposable email
       | addresses for your disposable accounts.
        
         | jbverschoor wrote:
         | Throwaway email addresses were not a thing.
         | 
         | Spam laws were not there.
        
         | seri4l wrote:
         | I created several BugMeNot accounts over the years without any
         | issues. I guess if any of them got used for unsavory stuff it
         | would be pretty clear from the logs that the account was
         | shared.
        
         | tjoff wrote:
         | You typically don't put in any information in these systems.
         | 
         | It is mainly to combat download links that require you to
         | create an account etc.
         | 
         | I really don't see any risk if you use it for stuff like that.
         | And they'd have to really put in an effort to even find you.
        
         | blackfawn wrote:
         | I only ever used it to access things that should not have been
         | behind a user account in the first place. It was really just an
         | opt out for the forced "sign up for our newsletter/spam to
         | download our app" type paths. The only thing it'd really leak
         | is that someone with a particular IP had used bugmenot... Which
         | many would likely consider an advantage over going through
         | creating an account and potentially getting spammed.
        
       | f0e4c2f7 wrote:
       | Hadn't used it in a while but I used to love this site years ago.
       | Such a convience.
        
       | alex3305 wrote:
       | With the amount of paywalls with 'Premium articles' the
       | usefulness of Bugmenot declined IMHO. It sucks, because I used it
       | quite a bit back in the day.
        
         | PontifexMinimus wrote:
         | I find for a lot of these webshites [sic], going into Firefox
         | reader mode and reloading the page works.
        
       | codefined wrote:
       | It seems only the 'https' site is gone, the 'http' site is still
       | around[0].
       | 
       | [0] http://bugmenot.com/view/news.ycombinator.com
        
         | scrapcode wrote:
         | Not working for me ~8 minutes later.
        
           | superkuh wrote:
           | It's probably your browser trying to protect you from
           | yourself, re: HTTPS. It works in non-user hostile browsers.
        
             | sph wrote:
             | Which browser from this decade ignores HSTS completely?
        
       | zachflower wrote:
       | Looks like it's just misconfigured. The non-https is still
       | around: http://bugmenot.com
        
         | titaniumtown wrote:
         | that doesn't work either
        
         | misterbwong wrote:
         | Looks like that's gone too
        
           | jbverschoor wrote:
           | Hsts?
        
             | ricardo81 wrote:
             | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Strict_Transport_Securit
             | y
             | 
             | Trying from another browser works
        
           | AdamJacobMuller wrote:
           | works fine for me
        
           | sph wrote:
           | It's not, the HTTPS site has the HSTS header, so your browser
           | will always redirect to the HTTPS version even if you try the
           | plaintext port. Gotta clear your browser cache, or try
           | another browser.
        
           | antx wrote:
           | Not from here, no...
        
       | aaron695 wrote:
       | BugMeNot was a good example of a pivot - RetailMeNot
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RetailMeNot ($90 million for the
       | founders)
       | 
       | Which is why they let BugMeNot start slipping over a decade ago
       | removing domains when requested, they didn't want to risk the
       | cash cow.
        
       | theCrowing wrote:
       | It got less and less useful in the last years a lot of sites
       | killed a login as soon as it hit bugmenot understandable to shut
       | it down.
        
         | loeg wrote:
         | Yeah. It's been "gone" for a decade, in some sense.
        
       | sdze wrote:
       | Didn't work in recent times anyway.
        
       | dinobones wrote:
       | I think the past 5 times I've tried getting a valid user/password
       | combination from here it has not worked.
        
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