September 1st: Texans, Fire Up Your VPNs, or Present Your Government-Issued ID to View Porn Online

[kevwun 15,698]

A lot of sites block non-US traffic as a defense against getting hacked.  If 99% of your visitors are in the US, it's an easy way to help stop people from trying to hack in to your shit.  It's not fool proof as the good hackers can get around it without too much difficulty, but it helps.

Edited April 16 by kevwun

[BurntEyes 5,876]

I like Proton and use it on my PC and Phone. The app connects quickly and they also have a email service. It's HQed in Switzerland and the ownership is not afraid of giving certain entities the middle finger regarding, um.. pron browsing history. 

Edited April 16 by BurntEyes

[BurntEyes 5,876]

12 minutes ago, kevwun said:

A lot of sites block non-US traffic as a defense against getting hacked.  If 99% of your visitors are in the US, it's an easy way to help stop people from trying to hack in to your shit.  It's not fool proof as the good hackers can get around it without too much difficulty, but it helps.

This was my basic assumption given my limited knowledge. They also want to track website/app behavior as I have a family member who lives in that world. Of course, banking entities aren't the only ones. 

[Beau Vine 54,058]

7 hours ago, kevwun said:

A lot of sites block non-US traffic as a defense against getting hacked.  If 99% of your visitors are in the US, it's an easy way to help stop people from trying to hack in to your shit.  It's not fool proof as the good hackers can get around it without too much difficulty, but it helps.

So...the hackers aren't using a VPN, too?

[tbone_ 14,042]

So...the hackers aren't using a VPN, too?

No. Bad guys play by the rules.

[kevwun 15,698]

9 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

So...the hackers aren't using a VPN, too?

It's much more sophisticated than that.  The really good ones lease cloud space in the US and do their deeds from there.

[High Plains Drifter 10,994]

On 4/15/2024 at 9:06 PM, tokamak said:

Anyone used Proton VPN?

 

On 4/16/2024 at 7:10 AM, Goofyboy said:

That’s what I’m currently using. It’s free, unless you want to pick a specific country.

 

On 4/16/2024 at 7:51 AM, BurntEyes said:

That's what I use. The pay to play version. It's fast, but there are a goodly number of web pages that kick back when in use. Banking is one of them. I've found if I switch to a US first link it works or short term turn it off. Happy to learn of work arounds others might know for this issue, since this now seems to be the VPN thread.

 

I use proton VPN. If you are hooked up through Poland or where ever, and that's not working because its not in the US, you can tell it to choose another ip. It'll randomly(?) pick another ip, and about half the time the ip is in the US. 

I went ahead and paid, gets me the VPN and email, with I think 10 different addresses, and enough storage for me. Because fuck google. 

 

 

Edited April 17 by High Plains Drifter

[Dilligas 666]

On 4/16/2024 at 8:07 AM, Biff Tannen said:

Xvideos still up and running with no issues.

[freyguy 4,252]

On 4/16/2024 at 8:07 AM, Biff Tannen said:

Xvideos still up and running with no issues.

[atomheartbevo 89,505]

On 3/20/2024 at 6:52 PM, atomheartbevo said:

The Office of the Attorney General filed two civil lawsuits Tuesday afternoon in Travis County against the respective companies that own the websites xHamster and Chaturbate. Paxton said they’re not doing enough to stop those younger than 18 from looking at the adult content.

Chaturbate is paying Texas $675,000.  If you don’t use a VPN and want to visit thei site, enjoy visiting a third party and submitting a scan of your drivers license/state ID.

https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/press/Multi Media LLC Agreement.pdf

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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/05/supreme-court-lets-texas-keep-enforcing-age-verification-law-for-porn-sites/

Supreme Court decides not to block Texas law that age-gates porn websites. Court denies application for a stay but could still hear challenge to the law.

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Most of us will just use VPNs, but damn, a lot of Texans gonna hand over their personally identifying information (including driver's license info) to various companies, all the while not realizing that it will ultimately be hacked and sold off (if not sold off first).

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[wood 11,200]

On 3/20/2024 at 9:11 PM, atomheartbevo said:

As long as you don’t break your neck trying to suck your own dick.  

That reminds me ... Why do dogs lick their balls?

Because they can.

[TKthunder2 4,981]

On 4/16/2024 at 8:07 AM, Biff Tannen said:

Xvideos still up and running with no issues.

[atomheartbevo 89,505]

What about SVideo ?

 

https://www.svideo.com/ Is still up.

Edited May 9 by atomheartbevo

[Biff Tannen 45,578]

8 hours ago, TKthunder2 said:

You sure?

[Hook1997 5,334]

8 hours ago, TKthunder2 said:

 

[NeverMarryAStripper 21,784]

9 hours ago, TKthunder2 said:

My penis from last night doesn’t agree

[TKthunder2 4,981]

2 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

You sure?

 

1 hour ago, Hook1997 said:

 

 

42 minutes ago, NeverMarryAStripper said:

My penis from last night doesn’t agree

It was last night, but it’s pulling up now. Weird.

[chainsaw 9,841]

4 minutes ago, TKthunder2 said:

It was last night, but it’s pulling up now. Weird.

Maybe it was one of those situations like when an All You Can Eat Buffet has to force a customer to leave in order to stay profitable.

[freyguy 4,252]

6 hours ago, TKthunder2 said:

 

 

It was last night, but it’s pulling up now. Weird.

[atomheartbevo 89,505]

https://www.engadget.com/texas-age-verification-law-for-pornography-websites-is-going-to-the-supreme-court-233511418.html

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Texas will be the main battleground for a case about porn websites that is now headed to the Supreme Court. The Free Speech Coalition, a nonprofit group that represents the adult industry, petitioned the top court in April to review a state law that requires websites with explicit material to collect proof of users' ages. SCOTUS today agreed to take on the case challenging a previous ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit as a part of its next term beginning in October.

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Texas was one of many states over the last year to pass this type of age-verification legislation aimed at porn websites. While supporters of these bills have said they are intended to protect minors from seeing inappropriate content, their critics have called the laws an overreach that could create new privacy risks. In response to the laws, Pornhub ended its operation in those states, a move that attracted public attention to the situation.

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"While purportedly seeking to limit minors' access to online sexual content, the Act imposes significant burdens on adults' access to constitutionally protected expression," the FSC petition says. "Of central relevance here, it requires every user, including adults, to submit personally identifying information to access sensitive, intimate content over a medium — the internet — that poses unique security and privacy concerns."

A part of me feels bad for all of the boomers that gave up their IDs/drivers license to look at porn, because all that info is being sold off to somebody.

[Brisketexan 104,792]

https://www.engadget.com/texas-age-verification-law-for-pornography-websites-is-going-to-the-supreme-court-233511418.html

Texas will be the main battleground for a case about porn websites that is now headed to the Supreme Court. The Free Speech Coalition, a nonprofit group that represents the adult industry, petitioned the top court in April to review a state law that requires websites with explicit material to collect proof of users' ages. SCOTUS today agreed to take on the case challenging a previous ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit as a part of its next term beginning in October.

Texas was one of many states over the last year to pass this type of age-verification legislation aimed at porn websites. While supporters of these bills have said they are intended to protect minors from seeing inappropriate content, their critics have called the laws an overreach that could create new privacy risks. In response to the laws, Pornhub ended its operation in those states, a move that attracted public attention to the situation.

"While purportedly seeking to limit minors' access to online sexual content, the Act imposes significant burdens on adults' access to constitutionally protected expression," the FSC petition says. "Of central relevance here, it requires every user, including adults, to submit personally identifying information to access sensitive, intimate content over a medium — the internet — that poses unique security and privacy concerns."

A part of me feels bad for all of the boomers that gave up their IDs/drivers license to look at porn, because all that info is being sold off to somebody.

Solution: I just used your info.

[Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand 13,558]

I don't have a Twitter/X account, but isn't it supposedly chock full of porn now?

[SubliminalHorn 6,731]

The Gilead SCOTUS will find a way to rule that porn is actually illegal now

[Goofyboy 3,249]

I don't have a Twitter/X account, but isn't it supposedly chock full of porn now?

That’s what I’ve been told. I also got rid of my Twitter account.

[Evil Bill Obrien 3,221]

8 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

https://www.engadget.com/texas-age-verification-law-for-pornography-websites-is-going-to-the-supreme-court-233511418.html

A part of me feels bad for all of the boomers that gave up their IDs/drivers license to look at porn, because all that info is being sold off to somebody.

same boomers who voted for the current Gilead-esque State Government here in Texas? Yeah fuck them, wish all the identity theft and malware possible on them…

[Bozo_Casanova 26,380]

1 hour ago, Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand said:

I don't have a Twitter/X account, but isn't it supposedly chock full of porn now?

 Now?

[Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand 13,558]

6 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

 Now?

I mean, what's stopping PornHub from adding a message board, Uranus jokes and calling itself a social media site?

[Bozo_Casanova 26,380]

3 minutes ago, Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand said:

I mean, what's stopping PornHub from adding a message board, Uranus jokes and calling itself a social media site?

Concerning

[Evil Bill Obrien 3,221]

6 minutes ago, Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand said:

I mean, what's stopping PornHub from adding a message board, Uranus jokes and calling itself a social media site?

 

I’ve got the best consulting pitch for Pornhub LLC… Buy Truth Social and merge the sites

[General Specific 3,243]

I mean, what's stopping PornHub from adding a message board, Uranus jokes and calling itself a social media site?

Surly:

[atomheartbevo 89,505]

4 hours ago, Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand said:

I don't have a Twitter/X account, but isn't it supposedly chock full of porn now?

Pussy in bio

3 hours ago, SubliminalHorn said:

The Gilead SCOTUS will find a way to rule that porn is actually illegal now

Four months out from an election?

[South Austin 52,210]

4 hours ago, SubliminalHorn said:

The Gilead SCOTUS will find a way to rule that porn is actually illegal now

Who knows.  Maybe Harlan Crow is a serious porn junkie.

[YGIFS 19,449]

You gotta give Texas' Maverick/Cowboy mentality a lotta credit.  We pledged to get rid of pornography, child grooming, sex trafficking, rape, and molestation.  

And here we sit, #1 in pornography consumption, #1 in banned books while pastors and teachers mouth-fuck kids, #1 in the sex trade because we don't address the consumer just the enslaved, #1 in rape, #1 in untested rape kits, #1 in most pastor/priest/coach molestation of children, #1 in mass shooting deaths, #1 in domestic violence, #1 in child abuse.  But yeah...blocking a few adult content websites should cover it.  And we keep the devil's gambling outta our state because it's immoral.  Meanwhile, State of Texas runs the biggest gambling racket in the United States, the Texas Lottery and nobody knows where the money goes and the highest day of ticket sales is Sunday.  But at least there's not pornhub.  

"The Texas Miracle" is that this land of dipshits has managed to last this long...

[atomheartbevo 89,505]

2 hours ago, South Austin said:

Who knows.  Maybe Harlan Crow is a serious porn junkie.

With his kind of money, he could keep people on staff to act out whatever he wants….

 

[atomheartbevo 89,505]

Folks in Nebraska are joining in on the fun, and Pornhub is blocking Nebraska IPs

Pornhub blocks access by Nebraska users as age verification law takes effect • Nebraska Examiner

At least people are starting to wake up to this being an attempt by the Powers That Be to pretend t get a handle on who is looking at porn.

[Schulz2.0 28,872]

1 hour ago, atomheartbevo said:

Folks in Nebraska are joining in on the fun, and Pornhub is blocking Nebraska IPs

Pornhub blocks access by Nebraska users as age verification law takes effect • Nebraska Examiner

At least people are starting to wake up to this being an attempt by the Powers That Be to pretend t get a handle on who is looking at porn.

[WelfareBuysMyWeed 5,388]

On 5/3/2024 at 2:23 AM, wood said:

That reminds me ... Why do dogs lick their balls?

Because they can.

That reminds me of this joke.
There's these two dudes,
and they see this dog licking its nads,
and so, uh, they say,
"Why does it do that?"
And then the one dude goes, "Uh, because he can."
And then he says,
"Well, maybe you oughta pet him first."

So--so why does he lick his nads then?

Because he can. Get it?

Not really. I mean, anybody can lick a dog's nads. So what?

[Bojack 2,073]

On 7/3/2024 at 12:59 PM, atomheartbevo said:

With his kind of money, he could keep people on staff to act out whatever he wants….

 

 

[atomheartbevo 89,505]

Project 2025 sees these state verification laws as a backdoor (*huh, huh, huhuhuhuhuh you said "backdoor") ban on porn, and they are starting with age verification and will eventually go after the porn companies on all kinds of stuff.

Spoilered if you're touchy about CR stuff.

Spoiler

 

 

[WelfareBuysMyWeed 5,388]

Which is so fucking stupid, because porn is literally defined as "whatever society decides is the line." As in our definition of pornography is intentionally set at the line of what the public already deems acceptable.

[Chopper 17,193]

If you didn't watch the video the far-right christian nationalist dude drafting Presidential directives and legislation for the guy he hopes will be the next president, and acting 100% on his behalf, explains how "protect the eyes of the poor children" was a trojan horse, and the next step will be additional laws and prosecutions over supposed "human rights" abuses. Or, "we hope" as he says. 

[MissingInAction 24,870]

Where's Mike Pence going to get his gay pron?

Indy 500?