Editing BugMeNot (section)

=== 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>