If you visit the English-language version of Wikipedia today you’ll see this:
As has been widely reported, Wikipedia is one of a number of high profile websites which is shutting its doors today in protest at US anti-piracy moves.
That’s bad news if you’re a student hoping to use your usual trick of scouring Wikipedia for cut-and-paste into your homework. :)
But don’t fear, there’s an easy way to access Wikipedia.
Wikipedia’s blackout is achieved using some JavaScript. So, all you need is a trusty copy of the Firefox web browser and the popular NoScript add-on.
Simply disable scripts on wikipedia.org and wikimedia.org and..
Bingo!
Of course, NoScript isn’t just useful for accessing Wikipedia. It’s also tremendously useful for helping you decide which websites you trust to run scripts -…
Read more in my article on the Naked Security website.
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