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eggplant

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19. washingtonpost.com uses cookies to manage its paywall

Reply to certainot (Reply #18)

Mon Dec 30, 2019, 09:02 PM

Dec 2019

You are allowed a certain number of "free" articles per month. Your browser keeps track of this using "cookies". Private/Incognito/Anonymous browsing is something you can access from your web browser (different browsers call it different names, but it is essentially the same thing). It creates a new browser tab or window that does NOT save any new cookies, nor allows access to previously saved cookies.

So, to washingtonpost.com, your new browser window/tab appears like a brand new person accessing their site for the first time, which means you get a new batch of "free" articles each time.

It is not a perfect system, and other sites manage their paywalls differently. Some detect Private mode and refuse to display any content, for example. This article can help explain it further.

https://www.howtogeek.com/117776/htg-explains-how-private-browsing-works-and-why-it-doesnt-offer-complete-privacy/

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Explosive new revelations just weakened Trump's impeachment defenses [View all] Zorro Dec 2019 OP

and rump was going to clean out the swamp...instead, he bought it full fledged and installed the... SWBTATTReg Dec 2019 #1

Trump came to town to BATHE in the swamp, not drain it. 11 Bravo Dec 2019 #7

Yeah, really. It certainly seems this way, doesn't it? rump is such a hypocrite...take care, nt SWBTATTReg Dec 2019 #8

he's the kind of guy who'd get in and take a mouthful of that and spit it out to watch the stream certainot Dec 2019 #17

No swamp. Traildogbob Dec 2019 #10

Right. It is a cesspool, not a swamp. KPN Dec 2019 #11

True ck4829 Dec 2019 #25

RICO Law! PatrickforO Dec 2019 #12

It really is quite disgusting ck4829 Dec 2019 #20

He branded it the Donald J. Trump Swamp. greatauntoftriplets Dec 2019 #2

No water DENVERPOPS Dec 2019 #9

Yes ck4829 Dec 2019 #24

Filled with racists, rogues, and billionaires. madinmaryland Dec 2019 #26

The article is behind Sogo Dec 2019 #3

Incognito mode in your browser should solve that problem. eggplant Dec 2019 #16

hows that? certainot Dec 2019 #18

washingtonpost.com uses cookies to manage its paywall eggplant Dec 2019 #19

Pelosi is hammering a big wedge in where Moscow Mitch said he'd coordinate with the WH. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2019 #4

Chuck Schumer needs to be hammering it too, gab13by13 Dec 2019 #5

Very true ck4829 Dec 2019 #23

And more need to keep coming to let the people see the real case that the Senate tries to ignore. nt ancianita Dec 2019 #6

This one's a keeper for sure! calimary Dec 2019 #13

Cheating is as natural as breathing for The Stupid Party. czarjak Dec 2019 #14

They can count on the both-sideism from the Republican owned media. nt live love laugh Dec 2019 #15

Yep ck4829 Dec 2019 #22

K&R ck4829 Dec 2019 #21