▲ 334 ▼ ‘Scan your face’ laws for the web are having unexpected consequences (www.washingtonpost.com) submitted 1 year ago by General_Effort@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 30 comments fedilink hide all child comments "unexpected" LOL
[–] fullofredgoo@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (5 children) https://archive.is/20250831142954/https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/08/31/age-verification-uk-porn-sites/ permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] TechnoCat@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children) This website redirects to Russian porn for me now. UPDATE: Apparently I'm not the only one: https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/1n4z754/firefox_redirecting_archivetoday_to_russian_porn/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] zarathustra0@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (3 children) Sort your DNS, your machine (and possibly your life) out. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] TechnoCat@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (2 children) I'll check out some possibilities. I'm using NextDNS so I'm quite surprised by this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yeah that is bizarre, maybe malware or a malicious browser addon? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TechnoCat@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago using Firefox on my phone with DNS over HTTPS. I'll keep triaging. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TechnoCat@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children) This website redirects to Russian porn for me now. UPDATE: Apparently I'm not the only one: https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/1n4z754/firefox_redirecting_archivetoday_to_russian_porn/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] zarathustra0@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (3 children) Sort your DNS, your machine (and possibly your life) out. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] TechnoCat@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (2 children) I'll check out some possibilities. I'm using NextDNS so I'm quite surprised by this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yeah that is bizarre, maybe malware or a malicious browser addon? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TechnoCat@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago using Firefox on my phone with DNS over HTTPS. I'll keep triaging. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zarathustra0@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (3 children) Sort your DNS, your machine (and possibly your life) out. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] TechnoCat@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (2 children) I'll check out some possibilities. I'm using NextDNS so I'm quite surprised by this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yeah that is bizarre, maybe malware or a malicious browser addon? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TechnoCat@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago using Firefox on my phone with DNS over HTTPS. I'll keep triaging. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TechnoCat@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (2 children) I'll check out some possibilities. I'm using NextDNS so I'm quite surprised by this. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yeah that is bizarre, maybe malware or a malicious browser addon? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TechnoCat@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago using Firefox on my phone with DNS over HTTPS. I'll keep triaging. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Yeah that is bizarre, maybe malware or a malicious browser addon? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TechnoCat@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago using Firefox on my phone with DNS over HTTPS. I'll keep triaging. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TechnoCat@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago using Firefox on my phone with DNS over HTTPS. I'll keep triaging. permalink fedilink source parent