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Pornhub goes dark in Arkansas after age verification law kicks in (www.theverge.com)
submitted 3 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Pornhub goes dark in Arkansas after age verification law kicks in::Pornhub operator MindGeek has blocked all users in Arkansas from the site after the state’s new age verification law went into effect.

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[–] 15 points 3 years ago (3 children)

I think a vpn is simpler than tor personally. Also then videos gonna be buffering for a minute on tor lol

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  • [+] -6 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    It's not "simpler" at all because it includes the step of paying. But, indeed, better for this application.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago*

    Not necessarily. Granted installing the Tor browser will set up the services/daemons and access to the appropriate ports in the background, but generally the Tor protocol has a lot more going on than a VPN.

    Additionally a VPN can be had for free from certain services like ProtonVPN. It's not as fast as a paid VPN service, but during lower traffic times it'll suffice. Plus if you know how to torrent over a VPN, then you just download the vids that way and you don't need internet access every time you want to watch it.

    This plus using CLI tools like yt-dlp on sites like pornhub, xhamster, etc, and you really start to realize how ineffective bullshit laws like these are for increasingly more technically savvy youths.

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