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How To Hack a Paysite
What the Good Guys Need to Know
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One particular password traders' board was running a fundraising drive.
They were looking for donations from the members to pay for their own
bandwidth expense. The board owner explained:
Most of you have been receiving free passes since you joined and we have saved you $1000s of dollars. We dont think that a Donation is too much to ask for what you receive in return.
The "free passes," of course, are the hacked passwords to your
paysite. Most responses were whiners saying they were unemployed, but would
kick in $5 or $10 when they were able. Yes, these are the people
sending your bandwidth bill through the roof with their site rippers and
traded passwords.
One response, though, shows precisely what we're dealing with. Please
take the time to read it in its entirety:
Well I will just start by saying that I think that the owners should be compensated for the bandwidth. I first donated $25 when it was first asked..., this is before gold passes were around and have continued every month to do so. Why, well, one thing its a great site with many great members, lots of stuff here besides passes. Second is the passes, I mean how many members would see even a fraction of these paysites without this site? The problem with most folks is they dont WANT to pay anything, they want everything FREE. Things just dont work that way. If this was my site I would certainely limit the number of those who arent paying so that I could reduce my bandwidth. Second, I would charge everyone a nominal fee, perhaps $10 a month to help offset the costs. Folks, the owners of this site owe you nothing free, so why don't you pony up. What the hell is $25 bucks a month? You can afford a puter, and ISP, and who knows what else. Time to pay the piper. My thanks to ... and all the others that keep this site running and being such a wonderful site to be a member of.
That's the attitude you're up against. The typical password trader doesn't
even know he's doing anything wrong. The passes are there, so use them.
If you can post a few "passes" yourself, you're a hero for being
so clever and for sharing.
By the way, the
board's own USA-based hosting company is collecting the donations!
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