Why does putting a dot after the URL remove login information?

arcboii92 7y ago ↗

This is really interesting! I just tried visiting a random nytimes article, which was over my free quota (because everyone on HN seems to have subscriptions at every news website).

I then changed the url to nytimes.com. AND IT LOADED! Wow. My free article limit on every website just doubled.

asxd 7y ago ↗

I think in almost every case you can also just clear your cookies for that site after reaching the free limit.

skinnymuch 7y ago ↗

This is much quicker, no?

lostgame 7y ago ↗

Private / incognito mode also works for this most of the time. :)

Xelbair 7y ago ↗

which basically removes cookies and other metadata.

Why does putting a dot after the URL remove login information? (superuser.com)

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