along_the_road@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 6 months agoPornhub to leave five more states over age-verification lawswww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up1233arrow-down10
arrow-up1233arrow-down1external-linkPornhub to leave five more states over age-verification lawswww.engadget.comalong_the_road@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.org · 6 months agomessage-square71fedilink
minus-squareDarkassassin07@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up70·6 months agoThe middle-man provides plausible deniability in this case. PornHub can genuinely say they don’t see connections from age-verification states atm. That stops being true if they host the VPN, making them aware of actual client locations.
minus-squareNeato@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 months agoWonder if a parent company could own them both.
minus-squarelimerod@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·6 months agoThat would be a liability, and they would go after the parent company crying foul play.
The middle-man provides plausible deniability in this case. PornHub can genuinely say they don’t see connections from age-verification states atm. That stops being true if they host the VPN, making them aware of actual client locations.
Wonder if a parent company could own them both.
That would be a liability, and they would go after the parent company crying foul play.