I think it’s supposed to mirror ft articles, is it safe?
I visited the website with JavaScript disabled and it looks like a exact mirror.
Update 1: Virustotal does not show any detections.
Any help guys?
Judging by the URL (the rightmost part is more important), it’s a proxy under the domain of the library of the university in Groningen, Netherlands.
No clue if it’s supposed to be public or safe, or even operated by the university.
Edit: And it shows “Access Error” right now.
Wait a second!
Does that mean that every library that is paying for ft has a mirror to access it?
If that is the case then that would be super cool.
As I said before I found it via Bing, I wonder if Bing has any more links like this.
Universities, libraries etc subscribe to newspapers. But they’re not supposed to pirate them. Those proxies / unblocking / access should work from within the network of that institution. So yes, you can go there and read newspapers. If you’re a member or student, you might have a VPN or some software available to access stuff from home. But it shouldn’t be wide open to the general public. I doubt FT licenses their stuff to copy it 1:1 for everyone to read on the internet.
If all you care about is bypassing the paywalls then i suggest using BPC, its completly seamless. If you dont want do install an extension then you can use archive.today. The site you linked is probably safe but why use something unkown when there are trusted alternatives.
I can’t use the add-on on my phone.
That is why this seems like a good solution to me.
I actually found it on bing while looking for one of the ft articles.
At least on Firefox Android you can install the extension with no issue. BPC also has some options for iOS users listed, cant say how well they work as i cant try them.
On my phone I use https://byebyepaywall.com/.
