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.

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[–] 10 points 6 months ago

Mainly that the somewhat ridiculous idea that wget is a hacker tool isn't new. I certainly agree with you substantially. 😉

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