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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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[–] 94 points 3 years ago (5 children)

Who in their right mind would expect a free porn site to go to this level of hassle?

Or is this a puritanical measure in disguise?

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  • [–] 103 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    It's the second one. I saw article where they talked how Florida was the first to pass it, pornhub put time and money into developing what they needed to comply and saw a 90% decrease in traffic because nobody wants to hand over their ID for free porn.

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  • [–] 42 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    After MindGeek started complying with the Louisiana law earlier this year, the company said traffic dropped by 80 percent.

    It’s literally in the linked article lol

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Ohhhh fuck is it viewer's age verification.. I assumed it was the people in the porn... As if this is gonna stop horny kids from seeing porn

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  • [–] 36 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    When this happened in Utah a few months ago, Google searches for VPN increased in like over 1000%.

    The best Free VPN IMO is ProtonVPN,

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

    For a general user that just wants a comprehensive google replacement, proton unlimited at $12/mo is a pretty good deal. Comes with the VPN premium and a password manager (now).

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I do not understand the need to have your passwords stored somewhere in the cloud. I'd better sync them by a wire if I had several devices, not like passwords change every day. And there are cheaper VPNs out there with better reputation.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    It’s not like they are plaintext, and increased availability/ redundancy would be one potential reason for deciding to have a cloud synced password manager database.

    There are other solutions that you can self host or create yourself, and if that works better for you and your use case, I encourage it.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago

    Especially since PornHub has an excellent point. Even though they theoretically could do an ID check, the sketchier porn sites simply wouldn't. All these laws would do is push minors to use more dangerous porn sites. They're not going to not watch porn just because the big, law abiding site checks IDs.

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