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+title: "Nitter put behind HTTP Basic Auth"
+subtitle: "Sorry for the inconvenience but I'm tired"
+description: Nitter has been put behind an HTTP BasicAuth dialogue to mitigate abuse of automated DMCA tools
+date: 2021-12-30 13:10 -0500
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+
+[dmca.pro](https://dmca.pro) has been issuing DMCA notices against Twitter
+content accessed through [our Nitter instance](https://nitter.nixnet.services)
+every week for almost six months. I spent a few months ignoring them but they
+started CCing our server provider, [Hetzner](https://hetzner.com).
+
+For the last few months, Hetzner has been forwarding these notices to me and
+creating abuse tickets for every single one of them. They've started threatening
+to disable the IP address for NixNet's primary server; this would effectively
+take all of NixNet down. I've responded to every single one of these abuse
+tickets, but in the last few, I also asked to speak a real person from Hetzner
+to discuss the situation. I have received no response.
+
+I've been dealing with this crap for months and I'm tired of it. I put Nitter
+behind an [HTTP Basic
+Auth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_access_authentication) dialogue so the
+automated tools these individuals from dmca.pro are using won't be helpful.
+
+- Username: `nitter`
+- Password: `nitter`
+
+Most RSS readers will allow you to enter credentials when adding a feed. If not,
+try using this URL with embedded credentials and see if it works.
+
+- `https://nitter:nitter@nitter.nixnet.services`
+
+I apologise for the inconvenience but I'm tired of being inundated with
+senseless DMCA notices and of being threatened by our server provider.