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Safari Reader Can Bypass Soft Paywalls Before They Load
Original: Safari Reader Can Show Article Text Before Soft Paywall Overlays Appear
Apple's Safari Reader mode can display full article text before a site's soft paywall overlay finishes loading, letting readers access subscription-gated content without paying. The behaviour stems from how Reader strips page elements, pulling the underlying article body that sits beneath the paywall layer. The finding raises fresh questions for publishers who rely on client-side paywall enforcement, which has long been vulnerable to reader modes, ad blockers and quick page-source edits.
Why now: It highlights a technical weakness in paywall enforcement that affects publishers and readers interested in free access to news.
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