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Tips for paywall sites

There are websites that require you to subscribe but will allow you to view a limited number of articles per month as an enticement. The NY Times and LA Times websites are both prime examples of this. However, they don't track by IP, they rely on browser cookies to track how many free pages you've visited. If you always browse such sites in privacy or incognito mode then every time the browser shuts down it will lose the tracking cookies and the next time you visit you'll start fresh again.

What other tips and tricks do people have for navigating the web?

10 years ago by spaceghoti with 4 comments

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  • jmcs
    +3

    I've not used Windows for a couple of years now, but doesn't IE have "InPrivate Browsing" or whatever trademarkable term they use this day?

    • eilyra
      +3

      Yes, IE does have "InPrivate Browsing", which should be similar to Incognito mode & Private browsing. It even has the same hotkeys as Firefox Private browsing (Ctrl+Shift+P).

      Looking at the blurb you get when opening it, it does seem pretty identical to what the other browsers offer:

      InPrivate Browsing helps prevent Internet Explorer from storing data about your browsing session. This includes cookies, temporary Internet files, history and other data. Toolbars and extensions are disabled by default.

      I believe this has been available since IE 9, could be it was introduced in IE 10 though.

      • spaceghoti
        +2

        Excellent. I have now learned something new. :)

  • thinkerbell
    +2

    Oh wow, I didn't know this. Thanks for the tip!