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Title: FBI Subpoenas Registrar for Details on Anonymous Archiving Site Owner

Link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/11/06/1920...

The FBI has subpoenaed popular Canadian domain registrar Tucows, demanding
information about the owner of archive[dot]today, a popular archiving site
used to bypass paywalls and avoid sending traffic to original publishers. The
subpoena states it relates to a federal criminal investigation but provides
no details about the alleged crime. Archive.today posted the document on X
the same day. The site, also known as archive.is and archive.ph, started in
the early 2010s and rose to prominence during GamerGate when users took
snapshots of articles to avoid sending traffic to websites. It now has
hundreds of millions of saved pages. The FBI requested the customer name,
address, billing information, telephone connection records, payment methods,
internet connectivity session times, and device identifiers. Very little is
known about who operates the site. A 2013 analysis by Gyrovague suggested it
is "a one-person labor of love, operated by a Russian of considerable talent
and access to Europe." A 2013 FAQ states the site is privately funded. A 2021
blog post said "it is doomed to die at any moment."

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