New York Times Finally Closes Worlds Most Obvious Hole in Paywall

After The New York Times introduced its digital paywall in early 2011, some frustrated readers came up with elaborate ways to get around it, including launching a special Twitter feed and browser app. But it turned out there was a much simpler workaround: just delete ?gwh=numbers from the URL and it gets rid of the paywall banner.

Well, it only took about two years, but the Times has finally put the kibosh on this method. Joe Coscarelli at New York Magazine noticed that deleting these characters no longer worked and later confirmed as much with a rep from the Times.

"When we launched our digital subscription plan we knew there were loopholes to access our content beyond the allot…
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