This only happens with my IPv6 landline internet connection (german carrier Telekom), via IPv4 mobile internet (T-Mobile) it loads fine. Happens with two different devices, so it shouldn't be a compromised device, Techcrunch TLS certificate is valid, so it also should not be a compromised router or my ISP. Are they A/B testing?
The massive cookie wall I'm met with when opening this site makes it clear that it's probably impossible to determine which third party is responsible this time.
You can read the article safely here: https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%...
The web archive also seems to be redirected for some reason, though that might as well be intentional.
Edit: thinking about it, this might also be an attempt to use first party tracking to bypass third party cookie restrictions. Maybe they're A/B testing a new advertising tool?
It's Yahoo/Oauth's spyware domain and as the URL suggests it "collects identifiers" presumably takes a browser fingerprint and sets tracking cookies.
NB: techcrunch is basically advertising.com (via aol/yahoo/oath/verizon media/whatever else)
edit: https://spectrum.ieee.org/pacman-hack-can-break-apple-m1s-la... seems to cover the same thing with less spyware
You can use https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts as your hosts file, but even better is TLD and wildcard domain blocking with dnsmasq or dnscrypt-proxy.