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.
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.