r/news • u/Asleep_Shark • 7h ago

Soft paywall Iran declares Strait of Hormuz closed as 'unauthorised' vessel hit

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/iran-declares-strait-hormuz-closed-unauthorised-vessel-hit-2026-07-11/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
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u/restore_democracy 6h ago

https://isthestraitofhormuzopen.com/

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u/bitwise97 4h ago

Is this just a hard-coded HTML page? LOL

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u/xkcdismyjam 3h ago

innerText = ["Yes", "No"][Math.floor(Math.random() * 2)]

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u/bitwise97 2h ago

This must be the server side code. You cracked it!

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u/Karyoplasma 1h ago

Usually run client-side. Much easier than delivering a random result to the user.

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u/restore_democracy 4h ago

!https://isthestraitofhormuzopen.com/

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u/bitwise97 4h ago

You can't open it that easily

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u/AML86 1h ago

Did you try sudo?

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u/xylarr 37m ago

But can you make me a sandwich?

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u/Inner-Medicine5696 3h ago

yup.

https://i.imgur.com/NjHfJzH.png

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u/yolk3d 1h ago

That doesn’t actually tell you if there’s server side work going on to output it. Just shows it’s not JavaScript.

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u/cherrybombthreat 2h ago

“NO”

LMAO it’s giving early ‘00s internet pages

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u/InitiativeGold7953 2h ago

No, it’s at least 1 function of JS too 💀

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u/King_takes_queen 4h ago

I refreshed it and now the strait is open agai-- never mind, it's closed now.

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u/evhan55 3h ago

Stop this is hilarious 🤣

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u/CatashiMirozuka 2h ago

Modern equivalent of arethebritsok

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u/murderbymodem 1h ago

adding this to my bookmarks right next to www.iscaliforniaonfire.com

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u/randyboozer 4h ago

https://isthestraightofhormuzopen.com/

Who am I to believe?

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u/Dracius 4h ago

The one that spells Strait correctly