https://github.com/ziv/haaretz-reader-poc
Proof of concept for Haaretz website reader
https://github.com/ziv/haaretz-reader-poc
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Proof of concept for Haaretz website reader
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/ziv/haaretz-reader-poc
- Owner: ziv
- License: mit
- Created: 2013-03-11T10:58:09.000Z (about 13 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2020-01-28T15:09:44.000Z (over 6 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-04-05T20:34:06.126Z (about 1 year ago)
- Language: JavaScript
- Size: 12.7 KB
- Stars: 9
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 10
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE.txt
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README
# haaretz-reader-poc
~~This extensin is deprecated, check out https://github.com/ziv/paywall-killer~~
### Overview
Chrome/Chromium extension written as a proof of concept for Haaretz/Themarker auth mechanism bypass.
### Warning
This code is released without any warranty.
Do not use this code in any activity which is not for a demonstration.
Using of this code for any other purpose may violate copyrights or criminal law.
### Description
* Haaretz and Themarker websites are using paywall for reading their premium articles.
* The paywall is bypassed if user agent is a web crawler (Like Google Bot).
* This extension replace each request a "User-Agent" header with Google Bot.