FBI Obtains Court Order for Archive.today User Data from Provider Tucows
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Summary
The FBI has obtained a court order forcing internet service provider Tucows to hand over user data related to Archive.today, a controversial website that archives web pages and is often used to bypass paywalls. Archive.today operates similarly to the Wayback Machine but with fewer rules and greater anonymity, making it popular for accessing paywalled content. The service's lack of compliance with standard regulations and absence of opt-out options has drawn scrutiny from law enforcement and criticism from the media industry.
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So basically like the Wayback Machine of the Internet Archive, only largely free of rules and presumably therefore also anonymous.
To the chagrin of the media industry, the service is also often used to bypass paywalls.
This is also possible because the service does not adhere to common rules and laws and offers no opt-out option.
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