Paywall Pass: Some websites, in an attempt to increase their subscriptions and revenues, have installed the so-called paywall systems.
Popular news sites such as Wall Street Journal Online or New York Times Online use these paywalls.
Usually the applications that websites use to block their content vary, and most use various means to monitor access, for example cookies.
What they all have in common is that they allow search engines (and often other popular news sites) to have unlimited access to their content.
The add-on of Firefox Paywall Pass takes advantage of the fact and by changing a value in the header, turns your browser into a search engine (or at least that's what the websites you visit think).
Note that the add-on will not prevent advertisements or announcements for paywall or subscriptions. The New York Times website, for example, will display subscription notifications.
Note: Extension works well on many websites. He worked without problems at wsj.com for example, but does not seem to work on the New York Times website.
It is suggested that you use other means to access those websites that the add-on does not work for example, use the mode private browsing to read the articles.
The extension works in a semi-automatic manner. Whenever you are faced with a paywall, click the extension icon.
Changes the referer to background and reloads the page. If all goes well, the article should appear so you can read it.
Paywall Pass is a useful extension that grants access to articles that have been blocked by online magazines. Of course, you have many other options to access such content, for example by uploading a saved version of an article from Google's search engine, or by using private browsing, or by clearing your cookies on a regular basis.
