m3t00🌎🇺🇦@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agoWikipedia blacklists Archive.today, starts removing 695,000 archive linksarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1426arrow-down111file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1415arrow-down1external-linkWikipedia blacklists Archive.today, starts removing 695,000 archive linksarstechnica.comm3t00🌎🇺🇦@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agomessage-square58fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
original, saw this somewhere else too. ddos stuff. this one blames ru for archive.today mess. sounds about right. didn’ intend it to look like an announcement here. it kind of did. post based on ars story, apparently. who knows
minus-square𝚝𝚛𝚔@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoWho cares why they did it? It proves they can and do alter the “archived” website, so it’s usefulness as a source is completely gone.
minus-squareRobotToaster@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoArchiving a site inherently requires altering it, to change embed URLs, scripts, etc. The fact they had that capability was never in question.
Who cares why they did it?
It proves they can and do alter the “archived” website, so it’s usefulness as a source is completely gone.
Archiving a site inherently requires altering it, to change embed URLs, scripts, etc. The fact they had that capability was never in question.