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Getting the most out of the Wayback Machine

Tips for the Wayback Machine browser extension, API, and more!

Roughly a year ago, the Wayback Machine Chrome extension got a major update.

The new version has useful customization features and the ability to connect it to your personal Wayback Machine account, making it an even more essential tool for journalists and investigators. (For the sake of efficiency, I’m going to use WM to refer to the Wayback Machine.)

Here’s a rundown of the extension, a look at advice surfaced in a recent Medium post by cyb_detective (they also have a Substack you should subscribe to!), and a few other tips.

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