What’s the deal with all these archive.is links? All they do is send me to infinite capcha loops. I don’t get it.

  • marco@beehaw.orgEnglish
    5·
    11 months ago

    It’s a free service with high cost that’s doing a lot for the Internet.

    Seems like at the moment there is a bug. I’m sure it’s gonna go back to normal soon.

    • Quexotic@beehaw.orgOPEnglish
      6·
      11 months ago

      Did archive.org just get another top level domain? If that’s the case then yeah definitely it’s some kind of bug. I hope they get it sorted out. They’re definitely one of the good guys.

      • marco@beehaw.orgEnglish
        4·
        11 months ago

        Never mind two separate things 😣

        Archive.org’s goal is to archive as much of the Internet as possible for the long term, like most archivists, and is backed by a nonprofit foundation. The “wayback machine” is only one part of what Archive.org does.

        Archive.is has the more modest goal of taking on-demand snapshots of web pages in case they change

        Though what I said above applies to both in my opinion.

    • Quexotic@beehaw.orgOPEnglish
      5·
      11 months ago

      Good. I like the idea but it’s a PITA. It’s nice to know it’s not just me

        • Quexotic@beehaw.orgOPEnglish
          2·
          11 months ago

          Good to know. That reinforces what someone else was saying, that it is a bug. Since I’ve never actually gotten one of the links to work I really don’t know precisely what they do but from what I gather I really hope they get it fixed because it sounds like a really cool service.

          • NateSwift@beehaw.orgEnglish
            3·
            11 months ago

            I think the ISP you use matters a lot. I personally haven’t had issues with it at home, but I was at my parents house the other day and it wouldn’t let me in. Started working immediately when I got home though

    • ReversalHatchery@beehaw.orgEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      Important to note: for their anonymity, not yours.

      Do you preserve archivers’ privacy? E.g. not disclose the source IP address?

      Yes.

      But take in mind that when you archive a page, your IP is being sent to the the website you archive as though you are using a proxy (in X-Forwarded-For header). This feature allows websites (e.g shops or the sites with weather forecast) target your region, not mine.

      source: archive.today FAQ
      (archive.today is the same as archive.is, they have a couple of alternate domains)