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Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ @lemmy.dbzer0.com

dvdnet62 @feddit.nl

10mo ago

Bypass Paywalls Clean is back online

twitter.com /Magnolia1234B/status/1780551590560010399

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Can someone just copy/paste the tweet here
- magnolia1234_bpc
  @Magnolia1234B
  Bypass Paywalls Clean
  New backup for latest release versions:
  https://github.com/bpc-clone/bpc_updates

Reminder that Firefox nightly and Fennec (Mull should be fine too) can install add-ons from file on Android.
- I just tried with Fennec and failed. How do you proceed ?
  
  You need to activate the developers options/debug menu:
  Settings -> About Fennec -> tap on the fennec logo multiple times
  Go back to settings the option to install from files should appear.
- Incidentally, so can the regular Firefox these days!
- Iceraven can too but it's not available on Play Store.

The linked tweet text:
Bypass Paywalls Clean New backup for latest release versions: https://t.co/yCJlZZ1f5Z

Fucking love this plugin! Thanks Magnolia for all the hard work.

How do I install this on Firefox desktop and Firefox Android? I remember there was an extension for Firefox the last time I checked. Now I cannot find the extension on the Mozilla store.
- If you are using Firefox just go to the github repo that someone linked above, go to "Releases" and then download the clean-latest.xpi file. Firefox will install it for you.
  If using Chrome, I would guess it to be the same, but the right file would be the .crx one.
  If you are not using Firefox+uBO you really should, though!
  
  I'm on Pixel 7 and current Firefox, but it won't install. It Just says "no app found to open xpi files"
  Edit: fixed. Have to engage Dev options. Settings > About > tap the Firefox icon a few times. Then go back to settings and you'll see the "install add-on from file" option.
  
  If you are not using Firefox+uBO you really should, though!
  Firefox + uBO for life.
- https://github.com/bpc-clone/bpc_updates/releases/tag/latest

How to use it mate??
- If you are using Firefox just go to the github repo that someone linked above, go to "Releases" and then download the clean-latest.xpi file. Firefox will install it for you.
  If using Chrome, I would guess it to be the same, but the right file would be the .crx one.
  If you are not using Firefox+uBO you really should, though!
  
  Thx for the valuable info mate 👍👍

- This... Does it still get updates or do I need to start again ?

nice

I installed it but I am clueless on how to use it. If someone can give a short explanation on how to actually use this extension then that would be marvelous!
- It works automatically on supported sites.
  
  Thanks!

Why does it ask to access MY data in so many sites? According to Firefox, that includes passwords
- These extensions work first by looking at the contents of the page you're on to detect a paywall, and then make modifications to the page that remove the paywall. There's no way for the browser-creators to guarantee that the extension isn't also silently adding a hidden element that captures everything that you type into that website, in addition to the paywal removal, so they're basically trying to warn you such a thing could happen.
  And that is a genuine risk from every extension in the addons store, but I would say that risk is potentially even higher with a piracy extension installed from a github relese. (Not this one in particular per se, which I have no opinion about, just in general.) If it makes you uncomfortable, a reasonable compromise could be to create a new browser profile for use only with this extension, or maybe even use a different browser entirely than your daily driver.

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