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Don’t you hate it when you go over to a site and it pops a “free registration required” — I would then go through the motions of registering even if it was just to read one article. Then I came across the wonderful BugMeNot site. I love it. Here’s an excerpt from their FAQ:

What’s this all about then?
BugMeNot.com was created as a mechanism to quickly bypass the login of web sites that require compulsory registration and/or the collection of personal/demographic information (such as the New York Times).

Why not just register?

• It’s a breach of privacy.
• Sites don’t have a great track record with the whole spam thing.
• It’s contrary to the fundamental spirit of the net. Just ask Google.
• It’s pointless due to the significant percentage of users who enter fake demographic details anyway.
• It’s a waste of time.
• It’s annoying as hell.
• Imagine if every site required registration to access content.

Is it ethically justifiable to do this?
You’ll have to find your own way there my friend. However, there is an interesting discussion happening over here.

I just used it to see an article on the Chicago Tribune and thought, hey, maybe I should publicise this!

Update: MadMan reminds me that his LinksMatic is responsible for most of my tech epiphanies. He’s right!