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[–] slumlordthanatos 87 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Me: This is America.

Pornhub: This content is not available in your state due to ID verification legislation.

My VPN: This is Germany.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

My favorite small example of this is trying to watch a video on YouTube. If my VPN is set to United States then im told 'You can't watch this unless you log in.'

I switch to Germany and like magic the video plays. So clearly they didn't need to confirm I wasn't a bot. They just wanted to track my viewing habits.

[–] alsu2launda 2 points 2 hours ago

What ?

you need to login to watch youtube in US ?

Didn't knew that

[–] [email protected] 3 points 17 hours ago

Eh, no need for crazy latency, just get one in Colorado or something nearby.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

This is how we lose access to personal encryption

[–] SamboT 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)
[–] PagPag 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

They were unintentionally demonstrating their lack of intelligence.

[–] SamboT 1 points 6 hours ago

What do YOU mean?