Do archive.today and archive.is still work? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by mulcahey@lemmy.world to c/piracy@lemmy.ml

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I've used these sites in the past to get around article paywalls, but for weeks now I haven't been able to get past the captcha. I fill it out correctly and it just reloads. Anyone else having this issue? Know a good alternative?

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[-] seaQueue@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I use archive.ph for this purpose

[-] cerement@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 year ago

archive.today and Cloudflare don’t get along with each other – as an example, if you’re using Cloudflare DNS (1.1.1.1), then all of the archive.today servers “can’t be found” on a pretty regular basis

[-] mulcahey@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

How do I get around Cloudflare's DNS?

[-] seaQueue@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I use Adguard's public DNS servers. Pick unfiltered if you're doing adblocking locally, use one of their filtered DNS servers if you want ad blackholing.

[-] mulcahey@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you!

[-] cerement@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago

for the archive.today servers, often it’s just a matter of patience – refreshing the page an hour later can sometimes be enough for Cloudflare to suddenly “find” it again
for DNS servers, there’s a LOT of options out there, it’s generally a matter of finding one that suits your tastes – if you really want to get technical, apparently it’s possible to roll your own …

[-] mulcahey@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you!

[-] cina@fosstodon.org 1 points 1 year ago

@mulcahey @cerement I use mullvad DNS https://mullvad.net/en/help/dns-over-https-and-dns-over-tls/

[-] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Just tested, archive.is works for me. Got past captcha first try.

[-] myofficialaccount@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

I don't even use cloudfare's 1.1.1.1 but get into that captcha loop anyway. Worked for some weeks but since about 1 week it's all captcha and no bueno. I have given up.

[-] mulcahey@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Switching DNS solved it for me! There's a guide here, under "How To Use This Service"

[-] myofficialaccount@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks, but I already know how to switch DNS and tried that with different DNS resolvers. Flushed DNS caches, too. I'm out of ideas and don't care anymore (well...that last one is a lie 😄)

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