Disappointing but not that surprising; it's been banned from Wikipedia for months because it was enlisting viewers' computers in a DDoS against an investigative journalist for trying to figure out who was behind it. But it's the only way I've found to access a lot of information that is otherwise lost. So, what do we do?

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humodz a day ago | parent | next [-]

for anyone interested, here's a writeup of the DDoS story: https://web.archive.org/web/20260203073744/https://gyrovague...

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sfoley a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Weren't they also caught modifying their "archived" content?

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danso a day ago | parent | next [-]

That's been my nagging fear about them too. Obviously it's not an option they'd want to exercise frequently, but it could be devastating to individual targets.

(ofc this is a risk with the Wayback Machine, who also has a policy for honoring takedown request. But the Internet Archive's board and executives are known people with reputations)

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throw0101c a day ago | parent | prev [-]

On modifying bits, see perhaps this comment from a discussion ~8 months ago:

* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47092006#47100204

* https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/wikipedia-bans-a...

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mahboi a day ago | parent [-]

Hm, someone in the first thread mentioned a Reddit cofounder did something like this too

	▲	iamnothere a day ago \| parent [-]
		Yes, and archiving as a practice became popular when people noticed that media sites were beginning to edit or delete articles without listing a correction, sometimes after the story had already circulated widely. Previously, editors would usually make a note of such things. (This is why archives that bypass paywalls are particularly important. I wish we had more options here.)

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nbajka a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You keep using it as normal and if it tells you to copy and paste commands into your terminal you DO NOT do it?

	▲	mahboi a day ago \| parent [-]
		tbh yeah, this isn't my first time visiting a sketchy website and won't be my last

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kvemkon a day ago | parent | prev [-]

> investigative journalist

I think there is a confusion of blogger with a registered journalist, who must follow journalist's (ethic) rules.

	▲	kragen 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		In countries with freedom of the press, the distinction you're talking about doesn't exist.