Pastebin.com
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Type of site | Web application |
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| Created by | Paul Dixon |
| URL | pastebin |
| IPv6support | Yes |
| Registration | Optional (required for creating private pastes.) |
| Users | 17 million (2019)[1] |
| Launched | September 3, 2002[2] |
| Current status | Active |
| Written in | PHP |
Pastebin.comis atext storage site.It was created on September 3, 2002 by Paul Dixon, and reached 1 million active pastes (excluding spam and expired pastes) eight years later, in 2010.[3]
It features syntax highlighting for a variety of programming and markup languages, as well as view counters for pastes and user profiles. Users can submit pastes as guests without registration, but an account allows managing pastes.
History[edit]
By October 2011, the site's active pastes numbers exceeded 10 million.[3]
- In July 2012, the owners of Pastebin.comtweetedthat they had surpassed the 20 million active pastes mark.[4]
- On June 9, 2015, they announced they had reached 65 million active pastes.[5]They also mentioned that around 75% of pastes are either unlisted or private.[6]
- In December 2015, Pastebin.com reached 95 million active pastes, and more than 2 million members.[7]
During the2014 Venezuelan protests,Pastebin.com wasblockedby the country's government as one of the sites used by activists sharing information pertaining to the protests.[8]
In April 2020, Pastebin.com removed their built-in search feature and restricted theirweb scrapingAPI,including for paid lifetime subscribers ofPastebin Pro.As an additionalspamprevention measure, pastes from users not logged in are hidden from the list of recent pastes, visible in the site's side bar.[9]
In September 2020, two new features were added to the site. Users became able to password-protect pastes from viewing and request the paste be deleted immediately once viewed.[10][11]
On October 14, 2020, the terms of service were updated and the mention that contributions were CC BY-SA was removed.[12]
Pastebin.com is a popular source of.onionlinks that lead to thedark web.[13]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^"What is Pastebin and Why Do Hackers Love It?".www.echosec.net.Echosec Systems.Archivedfrom the original on March 4, 2021.RetrievedFebruary 15,2021.
- ^"PasteBin.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info - DomainTools".WHOIS.Archivedfrom the original on November 13, 2020.RetrievedDecember 3,2016.
- ^ab"Pastebin.com Surpasses 10 Million" Active "Pastes".TechCrunch.com. October 26, 2011.Archivedfrom the original on October 27, 2011.RetrievedOctober 27,2011.
- ^Pastebin [@pastebin] (July 4, 2012)."Time for cake!!! Pastebin.com now hosts more than 20 million active pastes! Stats -> pastebin.com/stats"(Tweet) – viaTwitter.
- ^"Pastebin on Facebook:" Pastebin reached another big milestone yesterday... "".Facebook.Archivedfrom the original on August 30, 2023.RetrievedDecember 3,2016.
- ^Pastebin [@pastebin] (June 25, 2015)."Fun fact, over 75% of all pastes created on Pastebin these days are unlisted or private"(Tweet) – viaTwitter.
- ^Biggs, John (December 16, 2015)."Pastebin, The Text Sharing Website, Updates With An Emphasis On Code".Archivedfrom the original on September 23, 2020.RetrievedSeptember 7,2017.
- ^"Internet a crucial Venezuela battleground".Jamaica Observer.Kingston, Jamaica. Associated Press. February 23, 2014.Archivedfrom the original on November 13, 2020.RetrievedAugust 20,2014.
- ^"Pastebin Made It Harder To Scrape Its Site And Researchers Are Pissed Off".www.vice.com.Archivedfrom the original on February 27, 2021.RetrievedSeptember 30,2020.
- ^September 2020, Anthony Spadafora 28 (September 28, 2020)."Pastebin may have just doomed us all".TechRadar.Archivedfrom the original on September 29, 2020.RetrievedSeptember 30,2020.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^online, heise."Pastebin.com: Zwei neue Features könnten Malware-Machern in die Hände spielen".Security(in German).Archivedfrom the original on September 30, 2020.RetrievedSeptember 30,2020.
- ^"Pastebin.com Terms of Service UPDATED".Archived fromthe originalon October 14, 2020.
- ^Koebler, Jason (February 23, 2015)."The Closest Thing to a Map of the Dark Net: Pastebin".Motherboard.Archivedfrom the original on November 8, 2020.RetrievedJuly 14,2015.
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