Editing BugMeNot (section)

{{Short description|Internet service}}
{{for|the 2005 Chinese film|Bug Me Not!}}
{{Infobox website
| name            = BugMeNot
| logo            =
| screenshot      = BugMeNot homepage screenshot.png
| screenshot_size = 300px
| caption         = The homepage of the website in February 2021
| url             = {{official URL}}
| commercial      =
| type            = [[Online database]]
| language        = English
| registration    = None
| owner           =
| author          = Guy King
| launch_date     = {{Start date and age|2003|8}}
| current_status  = <!-- do NOT state it is defunct without confirmation on talk page -->
| revenue         = 
}}
'''BugMeNot''' is<!-- do NOT state it is defunct without confirmation on talk page --> an [[Internet]] service that provides [[username]]s and [[password]]s allowing Internet users to bypass mandatory free registration on [[website]]s. It was started in August 2003 by an anonymous person, later revealed to be Guy King,<ref>Edmund Tardos (October 8, 2007) ''[http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/the-brains-behind-bugmenot/2007/10/08/1191695798003.html Revealed: the brains behind Bugmenot]'', Sydney Morning Herald, Fairfax, Accessed 2007-10-08.</ref> and allowed Internet users to access websites that have registration walls (for instance, that of ''[[The New York Times]]'') with the requirement of compulsory registration. This came in response to the increasing number of websites that request such registration, which many Internet users find to be an annoyance and a potential source of [[email spam]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2004/07/we-dont-need-no-stinkin-login/|title=We don't need no stinkin' login|magazine=Wired|date=20 July 2004|first=Rachel |last=Metz}}</ref>