Ask HN: What are some client side hacks you use on a website?

7 points by rebelhit 6y ago ↗ HN

By client side hack I mean bypassing a restriction of a web application through a client side modification (bypassing the JS code or modifying the html form).

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mikaelmello 6y ago ↗

Manually inspecting and removing the paywall in a few obscure sites.

quickthrower2 6y ago ↗

I sometimes hack the site I work on at work to do things more quickly than possible in the UI. Just writing commands into the F12 console.

octosphere 6y ago ↗

> Or modifying the html form

You used to be able to send a POST request containing a comment for sites with comments disabled, and the comment still got submitted for the article. Newer versions of Wordpress don't let the comment through anymore. You used to be able to spam the admin area of Wordpress against the admin's wishes.

Raed667 6y ago ↗

uBlock "element picker" just works so well that i barely have to use any code to remove restrictions