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Pornhub blocks North Carolina and Montana as porn regulation spreads (www.theverge.com)
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[–] 45 points 2 years ago (9 children)

No they won’t. Virtually every tech company in the world uses them. If any legislation was proposed then companies from the likes of Google and Microsoft down to hundreds of companies with fewer than 100 employees would all fight it.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    You make it sound like our lawmakers are wise and would make an informed decision and not just write an exception for companies that lobby for exemption.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Russia, China and every other authoritarian shithole has made them illegal

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Can't say anything about China, but why do you think vpn's are illegal in Russia? Sure, the big vpn companies inside the country might be influenced by the government to limit your access to some banned websites. However, you can freely use a vpn if you wish.

    Again, I remind you that you could always set up your own vpn server for personal use.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I took their comment to mean "companies offering VPN services as a subscription for the purpose of privacy".

    It wouldn't be hard to target those companies specifically while leaving every other "legitimate" (in their view) use cases for VPNs alone.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago*

    A lot of people aren't aware that VPNs are used to connect to internal networks, just "it's this thing that I see commercials about that says it protects my privacy and allows me to access content not available in my country". Hell, if you asked them what VPN stood for 90% of them would be like 🤷‍♂️

    I work in IT and can tell you that most people have zero clue about technology, even the things they use every day.

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