▲ 369 ▼ Almost the entire US South is now being blocked by Pornhub (arstechnica.com) submitted 2 years ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 88 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Schorsch@feddit.org 84 points 2 years ago (16 children) permalink fedilink source hideshow 16 child comments replies: [–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 34 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (13 children) One VPN I use has servers in most us states. Auto connected to a mandatory ID state and a porn site demanded I take a picture of my id. (Edit: I have it set to auto connect to fastest on start. I can change location and have 100 free servers to chose in the US. More in Japan and Netherlands. ProtonVPN) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 13 child comments replies: [–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago I set up ProtonVPN on my wifi as a separate SSID. I had to select a specific server, so I picked one that's relatively close (for better latency) and doesn't have the same restrictions my state has. It's easy to switch, I just need to go tweak the settings in my router. If my kids ever need to submit ID for something (e.g. social media), I'll hook them up w/ the VPN to bypass our draconian laws. The government has no place on the internet, and I will circumvent their stupid policies. If I don't trust my kids on the internet, I'm not going to look to the government to protect them, I'll just take away their internet privileges. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago Nooooooooooope permalink fedilink source parent [–] iopq@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (4 children) That's why you connect to Canada permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (3 children) If I need a Canada connection for free I might switch over to warp or tor. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (2 children) tor: "ah yes, this 6.4MB image will take 3 hours to load. good thing I like edging..." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago* Apparently you don't know that there are fast tor nodes and, gasp, speeds have improved over the 2 decades tor has been in existence. People are stuck in 2014 thinking it is slower than molasses. I've had this same argument before. Pick a node. Run speed test. If too slow for your needs, pick another. There are hundreds that are set up for high speed, high volume traffic. https://metrics.torproject.org/onionperf-throughput.html 20-80Mbps is plenty fast. And here's your 6.4Mb image https://metrics.torproject.org/torperf.html?start=2024-10-06&end=2025-01-04&server=public&filesize=5mb permalink fedilink source parent [–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* The true ‘90s dial-up experience: Watching your porn load one row of pixels at a time, only to find out it’s censored right as it gets to the good part. Maybe I’ll just play a Flash game instead. Let me go make a sandwich while it loads. permalink fedilink source parent [–] yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 years ago (5 children) Does it not let you chose a different state? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children) It doesn't specify the state. Only us server #. I guess I could look it up, but I just change servers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (3 children) Sounds like a shit VPN to me. I can select a region (US East) or individual states with PIA and basically the same with Surfshark. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago* (2 children) I can select one of 100 servers . I could check geoip. Or write a shell script to do that. Anyway... It's also free. It's also one of the best. Proton. I use the app. I could do all the wireguard fancy stuff, but I won't. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] theoretiker@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) At least the desktop app of proton shows you the state or even city where the server is located. For Germany I can even choose between Frankfurt and Berlin for example. I know that for us servers I was able to specifically choose New York. Edit: In the android app you can go to countries then tap the three dots next to united states and select a state to connect to. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago The Linux app doesn't have that. Just server numbers (at least on the free tier) permalink fedilink source parent [–] semperverus@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago "The south shall rise (ahem) again!" permalink fedilink source parent [–] Critical_Thinker@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago I've been paying $30/year for like a decade now. Totally worth it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 34 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (13 children) One VPN I use has servers in most us states. Auto connected to a mandatory ID state and a porn site demanded I take a picture of my id. (Edit: I have it set to auto connect to fastest on start. I can change location and have 100 free servers to chose in the US. More in Japan and Netherlands. ProtonVPN) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 13 child comments replies: [–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago I set up ProtonVPN on my wifi as a separate SSID. I had to select a specific server, so I picked one that's relatively close (for better latency) and doesn't have the same restrictions my state has. It's easy to switch, I just need to go tweak the settings in my router. If my kids ever need to submit ID for something (e.g. social media), I'll hook them up w/ the VPN to bypass our draconian laws. The government has no place on the internet, and I will circumvent their stupid policies. If I don't trust my kids on the internet, I'm not going to look to the government to protect them, I'll just take away their internet privileges. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago Nooooooooooope permalink fedilink source parent [–] iopq@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (4 children) That's why you connect to Canada permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (3 children) If I need a Canada connection for free I might switch over to warp or tor. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (2 children) tor: "ah yes, this 6.4MB image will take 3 hours to load. good thing I like edging..." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago* Apparently you don't know that there are fast tor nodes and, gasp, speeds have improved over the 2 decades tor has been in existence. People are stuck in 2014 thinking it is slower than molasses. I've had this same argument before. Pick a node. Run speed test. If too slow for your needs, pick another. There are hundreds that are set up for high speed, high volume traffic. https://metrics.torproject.org/onionperf-throughput.html 20-80Mbps is plenty fast. And here's your 6.4Mb image https://metrics.torproject.org/torperf.html?start=2024-10-06&end=2025-01-04&server=public&filesize=5mb permalink fedilink source parent [–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* The true ‘90s dial-up experience: Watching your porn load one row of pixels at a time, only to find out it’s censored right as it gets to the good part. Maybe I’ll just play a Flash game instead. Let me go make a sandwich while it loads. permalink fedilink source parent [–] yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 years ago (5 children) Does it not let you chose a different state? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children) It doesn't specify the state. Only us server #. I guess I could look it up, but I just change servers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (3 children) Sounds like a shit VPN to me. I can select a region (US East) or individual states with PIA and basically the same with Surfshark. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago* (2 children) I can select one of 100 servers . I could check geoip. Or write a shell script to do that. Anyway... It's also free. It's also one of the best. Proton. I use the app. I could do all the wireguard fancy stuff, but I won't. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] theoretiker@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) At least the desktop app of proton shows you the state or even city where the server is located. For Germany I can even choose between Frankfurt and Berlin for example. I know that for us servers I was able to specifically choose New York. Edit: In the android app you can go to countries then tap the three dots next to united states and select a state to connect to. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago The Linux app doesn't have that. Just server numbers (at least on the free tier) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago I set up ProtonVPN on my wifi as a separate SSID. I had to select a specific server, so I picked one that's relatively close (for better latency) and doesn't have the same restrictions my state has. It's easy to switch, I just need to go tweak the settings in my router. If my kids ever need to submit ID for something (e.g. social media), I'll hook them up w/ the VPN to bypass our draconian laws. The government has no place on the internet, and I will circumvent their stupid policies. If I don't trust my kids on the internet, I'm not going to look to the government to protect them, I'll just take away their internet privileges. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] iopq@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (4 children) That's why you connect to Canada permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (3 children) If I need a Canada connection for free I might switch over to warp or tor. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (2 children) tor: "ah yes, this 6.4MB image will take 3 hours to load. good thing I like edging..." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago* Apparently you don't know that there are fast tor nodes and, gasp, speeds have improved over the 2 decades tor has been in existence. People are stuck in 2014 thinking it is slower than molasses. I've had this same argument before. Pick a node. Run speed test. If too slow for your needs, pick another. There are hundreds that are set up for high speed, high volume traffic. https://metrics.torproject.org/onionperf-throughput.html 20-80Mbps is plenty fast. And here's your 6.4Mb image https://metrics.torproject.org/torperf.html?start=2024-10-06&end=2025-01-04&server=public&filesize=5mb permalink fedilink source parent [–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* The true ‘90s dial-up experience: Watching your porn load one row of pixels at a time, only to find out it’s censored right as it gets to the good part. Maybe I’ll just play a Flash game instead. Let me go make a sandwich while it loads. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (3 children) If I need a Canada connection for free I might switch over to warp or tor. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (2 children) tor: "ah yes, this 6.4MB image will take 3 hours to load. good thing I like edging..." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago* Apparently you don't know that there are fast tor nodes and, gasp, speeds have improved over the 2 decades tor has been in existence. People are stuck in 2014 thinking it is slower than molasses. I've had this same argument before. Pick a node. Run speed test. If too slow for your needs, pick another. There are hundreds that are set up for high speed, high volume traffic. https://metrics.torproject.org/onionperf-throughput.html 20-80Mbps is plenty fast. And here's your 6.4Mb image https://metrics.torproject.org/torperf.html?start=2024-10-06&end=2025-01-04&server=public&filesize=5mb permalink fedilink source parent [–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* The true ‘90s dial-up experience: Watching your porn load one row of pixels at a time, only to find out it’s censored right as it gets to the good part. Maybe I’ll just play a Flash game instead. Let me go make a sandwich while it loads. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (2 children) tor: "ah yes, this 6.4MB image will take 3 hours to load. good thing I like edging..." permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago* Apparently you don't know that there are fast tor nodes and, gasp, speeds have improved over the 2 decades tor has been in existence. People are stuck in 2014 thinking it is slower than molasses. I've had this same argument before. Pick a node. Run speed test. If too slow for your needs, pick another. There are hundreds that are set up for high speed, high volume traffic. https://metrics.torproject.org/onionperf-throughput.html 20-80Mbps is plenty fast. And here's your 6.4Mb image https://metrics.torproject.org/torperf.html?start=2024-10-06&end=2025-01-04&server=public&filesize=5mb permalink fedilink source parent [–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* The true ‘90s dial-up experience: Watching your porn load one row of pixels at a time, only to find out it’s censored right as it gets to the good part. Maybe I’ll just play a Flash game instead. Let me go make a sandwich while it loads. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago* Apparently you don't know that there are fast tor nodes and, gasp, speeds have improved over the 2 decades tor has been in existence. People are stuck in 2014 thinking it is slower than molasses. I've had this same argument before. Pick a node. Run speed test. If too slow for your needs, pick another. There are hundreds that are set up for high speed, high volume traffic. https://metrics.torproject.org/onionperf-throughput.html 20-80Mbps is plenty fast. And here's your 6.4Mb image https://metrics.torproject.org/torperf.html?start=2024-10-06&end=2025-01-04&server=public&filesize=5mb permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* The true ‘90s dial-up experience: Watching your porn load one row of pixels at a time, only to find out it’s censored right as it gets to the good part. Maybe I’ll just play a Flash game instead. Let me go make a sandwich while it loads. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 years ago (5 children) Does it not let you chose a different state? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children) It doesn't specify the state. Only us server #. I guess I could look it up, but I just change servers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (3 children) Sounds like a shit VPN to me. I can select a region (US East) or individual states with PIA and basically the same with Surfshark. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago* (2 children) I can select one of 100 servers . I could check geoip. Or write a shell script to do that. Anyway... It's also free. It's also one of the best. Proton. I use the app. I could do all the wireguard fancy stuff, but I won't. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] theoretiker@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) At least the desktop app of proton shows you the state or even city where the server is located. For Germany I can even choose between Frankfurt and Berlin for example. I know that for us servers I was able to specifically choose New York. Edit: In the android app you can go to countries then tap the three dots next to united states and select a state to connect to. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago The Linux app doesn't have that. Just server numbers (at least on the free tier) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children) It doesn't specify the state. Only us server #. I guess I could look it up, but I just change servers. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (3 children) Sounds like a shit VPN to me. I can select a region (US East) or individual states with PIA and basically the same with Surfshark. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago* (2 children) I can select one of 100 servers . I could check geoip. Or write a shell script to do that. Anyway... It's also free. It's also one of the best. Proton. I use the app. I could do all the wireguard fancy stuff, but I won't. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] theoretiker@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) At least the desktop app of proton shows you the state or even city where the server is located. For Germany I can even choose between Frankfurt and Berlin for example. I know that for us servers I was able to specifically choose New York. Edit: In the android app you can go to countries then tap the three dots next to united states and select a state to connect to. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago The Linux app doesn't have that. Just server numbers (at least on the free tier) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (3 children) Sounds like a shit VPN to me. I can select a region (US East) or individual states with PIA and basically the same with Surfshark. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago* (2 children) I can select one of 100 servers . I could check geoip. Or write a shell script to do that. Anyway... It's also free. It's also one of the best. Proton. I use the app. I could do all the wireguard fancy stuff, but I won't. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] theoretiker@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) At least the desktop app of proton shows you the state or even city where the server is located. For Germany I can even choose between Frankfurt and Berlin for example. I know that for us servers I was able to specifically choose New York. Edit: In the android app you can go to countries then tap the three dots next to united states and select a state to connect to. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago The Linux app doesn't have that. Just server numbers (at least on the free tier) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago* (2 children) I can select one of 100 servers . I could check geoip. Or write a shell script to do that. Anyway... It's also free. It's also one of the best. Proton. I use the app. I could do all the wireguard fancy stuff, but I won't. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] theoretiker@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) At least the desktop app of proton shows you the state or even city where the server is located. For Germany I can even choose between Frankfurt and Berlin for example. I know that for us servers I was able to specifically choose New York. Edit: In the android app you can go to countries then tap the three dots next to united states and select a state to connect to. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago The Linux app doesn't have that. Just server numbers (at least on the free tier) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] theoretiker@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child) At least the desktop app of proton shows you the state or even city where the server is located. For Germany I can even choose between Frankfurt and Berlin for example. I know that for us servers I was able to specifically choose New York. Edit: In the android app you can go to countries then tap the three dots next to united states and select a state to connect to. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago The Linux app doesn't have that. Just server numbers (at least on the free tier) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago The Linux app doesn't have that. Just server numbers (at least on the free tier) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] semperverus@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago "The south shall rise (ahem) again!" permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Critical_Thinker@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago I've been paying $30/year for like a decade now. Totally worth it. permalink fedilink source parent
