New discovery about those nasty 403 Forbidden's

[usonian]

I was getting these every time I posted a reply.

The reply had an image link that was http, rather than https (encrypted).

Reply flew through when I deleted the link.

Now, IMNSHO, http links are not inherently unsafe, though browsers say so. What has gone on is the elimination of the internet prior to a date when https was "mandated" by browser and other software writers, and we have to resort to the archive, which is under brutal attack by "The Music Industry" trying to protect THEIR 78 RPM RECORDS. Assholes!

But I ramble. Half the internet disappeared and nobody said anything. They call it "progress"

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/music-labels-will-regret-coming-for-the-internet-archive-sound-historian-says/