The asshole motherfuckers running this website give this to ppl who use wget --xattr https://www.imaginesystems.net/images/datasheets/t420s.pdf to fetch their PDF:
Connecting to www.imaginesystems.net (www.imaginesystems.net)|47.181.156.171|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 999 No Hacking
2026-04-18 ERROR 999: No Hacking.
Using a GUI browser, even over Tor, is no problem.
People are widely unaware of the --xattr feature that is unique to wget. So the ultimate problem is ignorance. If more people knew about wget --xattr, they would use it and these pretentious pricks wouldn’t be making the naive assumption that wget implies something nefarious.
First time? http://www.allgov.com/news/controversies/bradley-manning-convicted-of-computer-fraud-for-using-a-free-open-source-program-130801?news=850744
What are you trying to imply? That because Bradly Manning used
wget, that makes wget a threat? Manning probably also used Firefox. So let’s flag Firefox as a hacker tool too.Mainly that the somewhat ridiculous idea that wget is a hacker tool isn’t new. I certainly agree with you substantially. 😉
Could we at least not use her deadname? I get that the article is old, but please don’t.