12ft
Type of site | Paywall bypass |
|---|---|
| Owner | Thomas Millar & Seron |
| URL | 12ft |
| Commercial | no |
| Registration | no |
12ft.io is a website that allows online paywalls to be bypassed. It was created by Thomas Millar and Seron.[1][2] The name is based on the phrase "show me a 10 foot wall and I'll show you a 12 foot ladder." It bypasses paywalls by pretending to be a search engine crawler when requesting a webpage. Websites with paywalls often allow access to search engine crawlers to ensure their pages appear in search engines.[3] Still, some websites block 12ft, such as Bloomberg and The New York Times.
Outage history[edit]
On 31 August 2022, the site was offline, with the hosting provider displaying the error message of "DEPLOYMENT DISABLED," and the HTTP 451 status code, meaning "Unavailable For Legal Reasons."[4][better source needed] The site came back online on 1 September, but was disabled again on 10 September. The site was available again as of 11 September, but was no longer showing cached versions of pages for NYTimes.com, instead displaying a message of "12ft has been disabled for this site".[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ^ Martin, Alexander. "Paywall-breaking tool 12ft asks users to subscribe to cover costs". Sky News. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
- ^ Sobiraj, Lars (2021-10-07). "12ft.io hilft beim Überwinden von PayWalls". Tarnkappe. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
- ^ Danielle (2022-02-21). "12ft.io is Your Friend for Bypassing Paywalls. But is That Okay?". Leaf&Core. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
- ^ "451: DEPLOYMENT_DISABLED". 12ft.io. Archived from the original on 31 August 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
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