Ever use "bypass" sites instead of registering to read news articles?

[snowbear]

I've used "bug me not" because it's simple and always seems to work.. but I've heard there's several of these sites out there now.

>> http://www.bugmenot.com/

Does anyone here use them instead of registering to newspaper sites? I'm not really sure how it works.. :o ... but it works.. :shrug:

[ghostsofgiants]

1. I use the Bugmenot Firefox extension

Works like a charm.

[Elidor]

6. I'm not aware of that, even though I use Firefox

How does it work? Is it part of the program, or a separate download?

[ghostsofgiants]

7. It's just an add-on for Firefox

http://roachfiend.com/archives/2005/02/07/bugmenot/

[Elidor]

8. Thanks. I just installed it. This is going to spoil me rotten.

[ghostsofgiants]

9. Haha, excellent

Definitely a useful tool.

[48pan]

2. I have use big me not as well.

It worked well.

[snowbear]

3. Thanks guys! I still find it AMAZING how well it works!

Whenever I hear someone say "I'm not registering just to read that", I try to remember to tell them to check that site out..

:toast:

[AndyTiedye]

4. Sometimes it Works, Sometimes the IDs it Gives Out Are No Good

For some sites, you can click BugMeNot until you are blue in the face
and it still won't let you in.

I think some sites run BugMeNot on themselves periodically and deactivate
all the accounts that it gives them.

[RebelOne]

5. Always use bugmenot.com

Sometimes it doesn't work, but most of the time it does. I hate having to register. It is so annoying.