I come from a land downunder, and many people are up in arms about everyone having to verify their age and/or id in order to watch (say) pron.

Given the collective desire for privacy and security, most are not willing to upload their personal details to a porn site (or a company affiliated with one) and are opting to subscribe to a VPN instead. Alternatively, they - ok, we - are looking for a browser add-on that automates (or falsifies) the process.

Does anyone know which countries do not require age verification or of apps et al that circumvent the process? I’m sure it’s only a matter of time before the latter is made available if it isn’t already.

thanks

    • Phoenixz@lemmy.caEnglish
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      4 hours ago

      I’d hope that too but this is the real world and it sucks. More and more, everything must be to apease those in charge, those with money and power and things like VPN gives us alternatives, so yeah… And yes, I’ve heard the first proposals to ban VPNs, to “protect the children or course” (fuck the children, nobody cares about the well being of children, it’s all money and power) and I’m sure those first bans fail, they will just try again next year and the year after etc. until they win.

      They only need a single win and we can’t make a law to prohibit this shit behavior apparently

      I’ve seen similar processes at work for encryption for the past 20 years or so. Every one or two years they try again, and again, at some point they’ll succeed just for sheer statistical probably

      So enjoy while it lasts, I’m getting out of it what I can, while I can