# Could I post this to a thread? (Related to free online newspaper registration.)

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**Created:** [June 29, 2006, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-post-this-to-a-thread-related-to-free-online-newspaper-registration/362573 "2006-06-29T00:48:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-post-this-to-a-thread-related-to-free-online-newspaper-registration/362573/1 "2006-06-29T00:48:03Z")

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[Prompted by this thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=377521)

Could I post something like this to a thread where an article behind a free registration screen is being discussed?

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> If you lie to them, they have no way to check up on that. Fill in bogus data with an obvious password and access the article that way. Many browsers will even remember your information for future trips to that same website.

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-post-this-to-a-thread-related-to-free-online-newspaper-registration/362573/2 "2006-06-29T13:17:44Z")

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Sure, though you get no bonus points for stating the obvious.

What we want to discourage here is the use of anonymizers and the like. You can do that as much as you like, just not here.

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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-post-this-to-a-thread-related-to-free-online-newspaper-registration/362573/3 "2006-06-29T14:55:36Z")

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So: “You can discuss lying to them, but not ways to make that lying a little easier.” Is that the ruling?

How about posting a valid userid/password pair?

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**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\
**Post date:** [June 29, 2006, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-post-this-to-a-thread-related-to-free-online-newspaper-registration/362573/4 "2006-06-29T16:35:57Z")

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You mean that there are people who provide accurate data when registering on sites like that? I had no idea!