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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.