v0.1

background.js

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+function evadePaywalls(details) {
+	var reqHeaders = details.requestHeaders.filter(function(header) {
+		// drop cookies, referer and UA
+		if (header.name === "Cookie" || header.name === "Referer" || header.name === "User-Agent") {
+			return false;
+		} 
+
+		return true;
+	})
+
+	// Add the spoofed ones back
+	reqHeaders.push({
+		"name": "Referer",
+		"value": "https://www.google.com/"
+	})
+	reqHeaders.push({
+		"name": "User-Agent",
+		"value": "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html)"
+	})
+
+	return {requestHeaders: reqHeaders};
+}
+
+function blockCookies(details) {
+	var responseHeaders = details.responseHeaders.filter(function(header) {
+		if (header.name === "Cookie") {
+			return false;
+		} 
+
+		return true;
+	})
+
+	return {responseHeaders: responseHeaders};
+}
+
+chrome.webRequest.onBeforeSendHeaders.addListener(evadePaywalls, {
+  urls: ["<all_urls>"],
+  types: ["main_frame"],
+}, ["requestHeaders", "blocking"]);
+
+chrome.webRequest.onHeadersReceived.addListener(blockCookies, {
+  urls: ["<all_urls>"],
+  types: ["main_frame"],
+}, ["responseHeaders", "blocking"]);

manifest.json

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+{
+  "name": "Anti-Paywall",
+  "version": "0.1",
+  "description": "This will prevent cookies from being stored, spoof the user-agent and mangle the referrer to maximize the chances of bypassing paywalls.",
+  "permissions": ["webRequest", "webRequestBlocking",
+	  "*://*.adelaidenow.com.au/*",
+	  "*://*.asia.nikkei.com/*",
+	  "*://*.baltimoresun.com/*",
+	  "*://*.barrons.com/*",
+	  "*://*.bostonglobe.com/*",
+	  "*://*.chicagobusiness.com/*",
+	  "*://*.chicagotribune.com/*",
+	  "*://*.courant.com/*",
+	  "*://*.couriermail.com.au/*",
+	  "*://*.cricketarchive.com/*",
+	  "*://*.dailypress.com/*",
+	  "*://*.economist.com/*",
+	  "*://*.fd.nl/*",
+	  "*://*.forbes.com/*",
+	  "*://*.ft.com/*",
+	  "*://*.geelongadvertiser.com.au/*",
+	  "*://*.glassdoor.com/*",
+	  "*://*.haaretz.co.il/*",
+	  "*://*.haaretz.com/*",
+	  "*://*.hbr.org/*",
+	  "*://*.heraldsun.com.au/*",
+	  "*://*.inc.com/*",
+	  "*://*.independent.co.uk/*",
+	  "*://*.investingdaily.com/*",
+	  "*://*.irishtimes.com/*",
+	  "*://*.latimes.com/*",
+	  "*://*.letemps.ch/*",
+	  "*://*.mcall.com/*",
+	  "*://*.medscape.com/*",
+	  "*://*.nationalpost.com/*",
+	  "*://*.newsweek.com/*",
+	  "*://*.newyorker.com/*",
+	  "*://*.nnsl.com/*",
+	  "*://*.nrc.nl/*",
+	  "*://*.nytimes.com/*",
+	  "*://*.ocregister.com/*",
+	  "*://*.orlandosentinel.com/*",
+	  "*://*.quora.com/*",
+	  "*://*.scmp.com/*",
+	  "*://*.seattletimes.com/*",
+	  "*://*.smh.com.au/*",
+	  "*://*.sun-sentinel.com/*",
+	  "*://*.technologyreview.com/*",
+	  "*://*.telegraph.co.uk/*",
+	  "*://*.theage.com.au/*",
+	  "*://*.theaustralian.com.au/*",
+	  "*://*.theglobeandmail.com/*",
+	  "*://*.thenation.com/*",
+	  "*://*.thestreet.com/*",
+	  "*://*.thesundaytimes.co.uk/*",
+	  "*://*.thetimes.co.uk/*",
+	  "*://*.volkskrant.nl/*",
+	  "*://*.washingtonpost.com/*",
+	  "*://*.wsj.com/*"
+                  ],
+  "background": {
+    "scripts": ["background.js"]
+  },
+  "manifest_version": 2
+}
+