The New York Times Just Blocked The Easiest Way To Hack Its Paywall

">Daniel Goodman / Business InsiderIn the two years since the New York Times slapped a paywall between casual readers and its coveted content, finding weak links in its armor has become something of a sport for webgoers.

Unfortunately, one of the most popular workarounds is no longer, NYMag's Joe Coscarelli reports:

The easiest little hack of all, for the Internet savvy, was right there on the page: Deleting the "?gwh=numbers" section of the URL removed the obtrusive "Pay for this!" banner blocking the words. Not anymore. Today we noticed the address-altering no longer cleared the in-house ad for non-subscribers. Times spokesperson Eileen Murphy confirmed as much in a statement:

We can't blame the Times for squirreling away as many subscriber dollars as they can, but fortunately for readers, there are still a few clever ways to get to the paper's content once you've surpassed the monthly limit.

Links from social media don't count, and opening posts in a different browser or deleting your cookies will work just as well.