Monday, May 02, 2005

Site allows news readers to skip registration

Lately some of our readers have expressed their wariness at having to register for certain news sites. Well, now you don't have to worry about it. A website called BugMeNot.com allows users to enter a site's address and get a valid username and password, without having to register. If you run across a site that requires registration, and you feel like sticking it to The Man, just copy and paste the offending URL into the BugMeNot window, and voila. But is this ethical? Let's go to the BugMeNot FAQ:
Is it ethically justifiable to do this? You'll have to find your own way there my friend. However, there is an interesting discussion happening over here.
Good enough for me.

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