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==Use of the service==
BugMeNot allows users of their service to add new accounts for sites with free registration. It also encourages users to use [[disposable email address]] services to create such accounts. However, it does not allow them to add accounts for paid websites, as this could potentially lead to [[credit card fraud]].<ref>Frequently Asked Questions - Bugmenot.com. . URL:{{cite web |url=http://www.bugmenot.com/faq.php |title=Frequently Asked Questions - Bugmenot.com |access-date=July 5, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130805181522/http://bugmenot.com/faq.php |archive-date=August 5, 2013 }}. Accessed: 2013-07-04. (Archived by WebCite® at )</ref> BugMeNot also claims to remove accounts for any website, requesting that they do not provide accounts for non-registered users.

To help make access to their service easier, BugMeNot hosts a [[bookmarklet]] that can be used with any browser to automatically find a usable account from their service. They also host extensions for the [[web browser]]s [[Mozilla Firefox]] (but not on Firefox quantum yet), [[Internet Explorer]], and [[Google Chrome]] (the extensions were created by Eric Hamiter with Dmytri Kleiner and Dean Wilson, respectively).{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}} There are also implementations in the form of a BugMeNot [[Opera Widgets|Opera widget]], or [[Features of the Opera web browser#User JavaScript|UserJS]] scripts along with buttons, which makes it fully browser-integrated. An [[Android (operating system)|Android]] application is also available.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bug Me Not for Android|url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aboutmycode.bugmenot|work=BugMeNot on Google Play}}</ref>

=== Opting out ===
[[File:Original BugMeNot homepage.png|250px|right|thumb|The original BugMeNot website]]
BugMeNot provides an option for site owners to block their site from the BugMeNot database, if they match one or more of the following criteria:<ref>{{cite web|title=Block A Site |url=http://bugmenot.com/report.php |website=Bugmenot.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013081605/http://bugmenot.com/report.php |archive-date=October 13, 2007 }}</ref>

* A community site where users register to change content, but not to view it (example: [[Wikipedia]])
* The site is pay-per-view
* There is a fraud risk associated with the site due to accounts containing private financial information

No option is provided for users to request removing a block if a site ceases to meet the blocking criteria or has never met them in the first place.

Site blocking can be circumvented by BugMeNot users by publishing usernames and passwords under a similar, but different, domain name to which they apply. For example, the owners of the domain abc.def.com might request a block to be put in place, but this will not prevent users uploading access information under the name of def.abc.com. Since one domain owner cannot demand that another domain be blocked, the information remains and is accessibly provided that BugMeNot users tacitly agree that def.abc.com in fact refers to abc.def.com.{{Original research inline|date=November 2013}} For example, Wikipedia logins are in the database under wikipedia.net because wikipedia.com and wikipedia.org have been banned under the first criterion.<ref>{{Cite web|title = wikipedia.net passwords - BugMeNot|url = http://bugmenot.com/view/wikipedia.net|website = bugmenot.com|access-date = 2015-10-05}}</ref>