Ask HN: What are some client side hacks you use on a website?

Posted by rebelhit on Sunday November 10, 2019 @12:27AM
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By client side hack I mean bypassing a restriction of a web application through a client side modification (bypassing the JS code or modifying the html form).

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Re:Ask HN: What are some client side hacks you use on a webs... by octosphere on Sunday November 10, 2019 @10:27AM (#21498304)

> Or modifying the html form

You used to be able to send a POST request containing a comment for sites with comments disabled, and the comment still got submitted for the article. Newer versions of Wordpress don't let the comment through anymore. You used to be able to spam the admin area of Wordpress against the admin's wishes.

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Re:Ask HN: What are some client side hacks you use on a webs... by quickthrower2 on Sunday November 10, 2019 @05:32AM (#21497407)

I sometimes hack the site I work on at work to do things more quickly than possible in the UI. Just writing commands into the F12 console.

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Re:Ask HN: What are some client side hacks you use on a webs... by Raed667 on Monday November 11, 2019 @04:25AM (#21503277)

uBlock "element picker" just works so well that i barely have to use any code to remove restrictions

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Re:Ask HN: What are some client side hacks you use on a webs... by mikaelmello on Sunday November 10, 2019 @03:03AM (#21496995)

Manually inspecting and removing the paywall in a few obscure sites.

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