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I don't have any subscriptions to any website that's behind a paywall, not the NYT, not the Wall St. Journal and not the Washington Post. I realize that many can't read a complete article from one of these sites because of the paywall and I've repeatedly given instructions here on how to circumvent a paywall, but nobody seems to have taken my advice. I would also post more of an exclusive article if I could here but the thread rules prohibit that because it violates copyright laws of the original article.
So, for the last time, here's how I get around any paywall.
First of all, I am using Firefox as my internet browser. Maybe other browsers have this feature and I can't speak for them, I can only speak about using this method on Firefox.
If you have Firefox and want to read an article behind a paywall just click on the little three horizontal lines in the upper right hand corner of of your Firefox page. On the drop-down box click on "New Private Window". There's a little Halloween mask icon next to that option. Once a new window opens it will be private and won't save any searches, etc. But you can grab the link of the article and copy and paste it into the search bar and it will immediately open and be entirely readable.
You're welcome.
Just a FWIW - that doesn't AFAIK work with the WSJ because they don't have a monthly limit - if you're not a subscriber, you can't access any articles they put behind a paywall. Some articles they choose to allow open access to, but most require a subscription IME.