• hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 days ago

    I think a subscribed user of the news site has to upload the “unlocked” article to the archive website.

    • deceiver@infosec.pub
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      3 days ago

      no, archive.today (and similar services like the Wayback Machine) work by fetching the page directly through their own servers, essentially acting as a headless browser that renders the page and saves a snapshot. the archive service itself makes the HTTP request, executes JavaScript, and captures the resulting document object model - no subscriber involvement required