Pastebin.com explained

Pastebin
Logo Alt:Pastebin.com logo
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Ipv6:Yes
Type:Web application
Registration:Optional (required for creating private pastes.)
Num Users:17 million (2019)[1]
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Programming Language:PHP
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Author:Paul Dixon
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Launch Date:[2]
Current Status:Active

Pastebin.com is a text 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

By October 2011, the site's active pastes numbers exceeded 10 million.

During the 2014 Venezuelan protests, Pastebin.com was blocked by 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 their web scraping API, including for paid lifetime subscribers of Pastebin Pro. As an additional spam prevention 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 .onion links that lead to the dark web.[13]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: What is Pastebin and Why Do Hackers Love It? . www.echosec.net . Echosec Systems . February 15, 2021 . en . March 4, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210304064212/https://www.echosec.net/blog/what-is-pastebin-and-why-do-hackers-love-it . live .
  2. Web site: PasteBin.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info - DomainTools. WHOIS. December 3, 2016. November 13, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201113180619/https://whois.domaintools.com/pastebin.com. live.
  3. Web site: Pastebin.com Surpasses 10 Million "Active" Pastes . TechCrunch.com . October 26, 2011 . October 27, 2011 . October 27, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111027113738/http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/26/pastebin-surpasses-10-million-active-pastes/ . live .
  4. 220410523840286720 . pastebin . Time for cake!!! Pastebin.com now hosts more than 20 million active pastes! Stats -> pastebin.com/stats . July 4, 2012 . Pastebin .
  5. Web site: Pastebin on Facebook: "Pastebin reached another big milestone yesterday...". Facebook. December 3, 2016. August 30, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230830040029/https://www.facebook.com/pastebin/posts/1072434209437854. live.
  6. 614326465551839232. pastebin. Fun fact, over 75% of all pastes created on Pastebin these days are unlisted or private.. June 25, 2015. Pastebin.
  7. Web site: Pastebin, The Text Sharing Website, Updates With An Emphasis On Code. John. Biggs. December 16, 2015. September 7, 2017. September 23, 2020. https://archive.today/20200923134413/https://techcrunch.com/2015/12/16/pastebin-the-text-sharing-website-updates-with-an-emphasis-on-code/. live.
  8. News: . Internet a crucial Venezuela battleground . Jamaica Observer . Kingston, Jamaica . Associated Press . February 23, 2014 . August 20, 2014 . November 13, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201113103321/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Internet-a-crucial-Venezuela-battleground . live .
  9. Web site: Pastebin Made It Harder To Scrape Its Site And Researchers Are Pissed Off . www.vice.com . en . September 30, 2020 . February 27, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210227085334/https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3m83v/pastebin-made-it-harder-to-scrape-its-site-and-researchers-are-pissed-off . live .
  10. Web site: September 2020. Anthony Spadafora 28. Pastebin may have just doomed us all. September 30, 2020. TechRadar. September 28, 2020. en. September 29, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200929073205/https://www.techradar.com/news/pastebin-may-have-just-doomed-us-all. live.
  11. Web site: online. heise. Pastebin.com: Zwei neue Features könnten Malware-Machern in die Hände spielen. September 30, 2020. Security. de. September 30, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200930002820/https://www.heise.de/news/Pastebin-com-Zwei-neue-Features-koennten-Malware-Machern-in-die-Haende-spielen-4913844.html. live.
  12. Web site: Pastebin.com Terms of Service UPDATED . https://web.archive.org/web/20201014191902/https://pastebin.com/doc_terms_of_service . 14 October 2020 . dead.
  13. News: Koebler. Jason. The Closest Thing to a Map of the Dark Net: Pastebin. Motherboard. July 14, 2015. February 23, 2015. November 8, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201108163041/https://www.vice.com/en/article/9akgxy/the-closest-thing-to-a-map-of-the-dark-net-pastebin. live.

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