along_the_road ( @along_the_road@beehaw.org ) to Technology · 2 years agoPornhub to leave five more states over age-verification lawswww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square86linkfedilinkarrow-up1239
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minus-square Darkassassin07 ( @Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up73·2 years 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-square Neato ( @Neato@ttrpg.network ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agoWonder if a parent company could own them both.
minus-square limerod ( @limerod@reddthat.com ) linkfedilinkarrow-up19·2 years 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.