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Bypass: Login Screens on Forums that make you Join to View their Content
If you’ve ever been to a forum that requires you to join to view their content there is a way around the login screen. And its VERY simple!
Most forums still let google index their site. So all you have to do is change your user-agent to Google Bot! Once your user agent is spoofed, the site will think you are Google and let you view the page!
Requirements
Firefox (You can do this with any browser but I am using firefox because its theĀ easiest)
User Agent Switcher for Firefox
Instructions
Once You’ve installed User Agent Switcher all you have to do is navigate to Tools > Default User Agent > Search Robots > and Click on GoogleBot 2.1
Now just clear your cookies and head back over to the forum you want to view!
You can do this on any browser. Firefox is the easiest though because it has the GoogleBot User Agent built in. On another browser you would have to add a the user agent string.
The User Agent string for GoogleBot is:
Googlebot/2.1 (+http://www.googlebot.com/bot.html)