12ft.io
An online service that was once widely used to bypass paywalls, primarily by impersonating crawlers or exploiting caches to obtain the full text of blocked pages. It was later taken down under legal pressure.
Timeline (last 90 days)
12ft.io was officially taken down by the News Media Alliance in July 2025.
12ft.io mainly relied on limited means such as the Googlebot cache, whereas WallHop has a higher fault tolerance when facing different paywall implementations.
WallHop already supports Medium's member-only articles, a scenario 12ft.io never handled.
All Facts (3)
12ft.io mainly relied on limited means such as the Googlebot cache, whereas WallHop has a higher fault tolerance when facing different paywall implementations.
50%UnverifiedWallHop already supports Medium's member-only articles, a scenario 12ft.io never handled.
50%Unverified12ft.io was officially taken down by the News Media Alliance in July 2025.
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