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September 1st: Texans, Fire Up Your VPNs, or Present Your Government-Issued ID to View Porn Online


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A lot of sites block non-US traffic as a defense against getting hacked.  If 99% of your visitors are in the US, it's an easy way to help stop people from trying to hack in to your shit.  It's not fool proof as the good hackers can get around it without too much difficulty, but it helps.

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I like Proton and use it on my PC and Phone. The app connects quickly and they also have a email service. It's HQed in Switzerland and the ownership is not afraid of giving certain entities the middle finger regarding, um.. pron browsing history. 

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12 minutes ago, kevwun said:

A lot of sites block non-US traffic as a defense against getting hacked.  If 99% of your visitors are in the US, it's an easy way to help stop people from trying to hack in to your shit.  It's not fool proof as the good hackers can get around it without too much difficulty, but it helps.

This was my basic assumption given my limited knowledge. They also want to track website/app behavior as I have a family member who lives in that world. Of course, banking entities aren't the only ones. 

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7 hours ago, kevwun said:

A lot of sites block non-US traffic as a defense against getting hacked.  If 99% of your visitors are in the US, it's an easy way to help stop people from trying to hack in to your shit.  It's not fool proof as the good hackers can get around it without too much difficulty, but it helps.

So...the hackers aren't using a VPN, too?

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9 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

So...the hackers aren't using a VPN, too?

It's much more sophisticated than that.  The really good ones lease cloud space in the US and do their deeds from there.

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On 4/15/2024 at 9:06 PM, tokamak said:

Anyone used Proton VPN?

 

On 4/16/2024 at 7:10 AM, Goofyboy said:


That’s what I’m currently using. It’s free, unless you want to pick a specific country.

 

On 4/16/2024 at 7:51 AM, BurntEyes said:

That's what I use. The pay to play version. It's fast, but there are a goodly number of web pages that kick back when in use. Banking is one of them. I've found if I switch to a US first link it works or short term turn it off. Happy to learn of work arounds others might know for this issue, since this now seems to be the VPN thread.

 

I use proton VPN. If you are hooked up through Poland or where ever, and that's not working because its not in the US, you can tell it to choose another ip. It'll randomly(?) pick another ip, and about half the time the ip is in the US. 

I went ahead and paid, gets me the VPN and email, with I think 10 different addresses, and enough storage for me. Because fuck google. 

 

 

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On 3/20/2024 at 6:52 PM, atomheartbevo said:

The Office of the Attorney General filed two civil lawsuits Tuesday afternoon in Travis County against the respective companies that own the websites xHamster and Chaturbate. Paxton said they’re not doing enough to stop those younger than 18 from looking at the adult content.

Chaturbate is paying Texas $675,000.  If you don’t use a VPN and want to visit thei site, enjoy visiting a third party and submitting a scan of your drivers license/state ID.

https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/press/Multi Media LLC Agreement.pdf

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