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Pornhub, YouPorn, Redtube, and other content sharing platforms will block new users in the UK starting next week(February 2) (www.aylo.com)
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[–] yetAnotherUser@lemmy.ca 46 points 3 days ago (5 children)

If you live in the UK or in another country where porn is being restricted:

  • Talk with friends and family about getting a VPN (everyone says good things about Mullvad VPN, so it's probably one of the best choices)
  • Learn to use the Tor network (it's really easy to start, and unlike popular belief, Tor isn't only for illegal activities)
  • Pressure MPs that didn't vote in favor of the age verification bill by sending emails to them about it so that they fight (or keep fighting) this age verification nonsense.

You don't need to be a porn addict to do these things. In fact, they have started with porn, but they may as well keep going and fight for age verification in other types of content, making access to said content way more difficult. The best thing you can do right now is to learn to fight back.

[–] SethTaylor@lemmy.world 26 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

If you live in the UK or in another country where porn is being restricted: Talk with friends and family

Hmmmmm... Maybe not though

Help me, stepbro. I can't access PornHub anymore πŸ₯Ή

[–] UxyIVrljPeRl@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago

Im stuck in age-verification

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

Don’t use tor for porn. Use i2p. You can torrent without breaking shit on i2p.

[–] tankplanker@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

UK is going to be requiring age verification for VPN access. https://reclaimthenet.org/uk-house-of-lords-votes-to-extend-age-verification-to-vpns

Will this mean all VPNs will comply? Obviously not, but the bigger names will either pull out or comply as we seeing with the bigger porn sites.

The next step after this will be criminalization of using a VPN without age verification.

[–] yetAnotherUser@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Wait, WHAT? They already voted? I didn't expect that so soon...

[–] tankplanker@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

It was planned from the beginningas the real drivers behind the detail of the legislation, the security services, knew people would use VPNs and those have always been the main target.

Its why the legislation was written in the first place. Most people's identity is already tied to their connection via big tech social media. Its the people who use VPNs they can lose track of.

I would expect this to be a live requirement by the end of the year at the latest.

Just be glad the client side scanning keeps getting rejected thats in the same legislation.

[–] jmf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Advertising for mullvad harms the peer2peer network. (They blocked port forwarding and won't be bringing it back)

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 4 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Are there any VPNs that didn't? I couldn't really find any, and tbh it's not a massive issue for torrenting. I still upload a fair bit, but obviously not as much as I would be if I had ports open.

[–] jmf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago

Maybe not massive issue for individuals yet, but I guarantee anti piracy orgs love everyone switching to a VPN that inherently weakens the torrent ecosphere.

[–] rav3n@ttrpg.network 2 points 2 days ago

Private Internet Access and Njalla both allow port forwarding.

Mullvad is heavily shilled, and for some reason no online discussion ever ends on a critical note. Be wary and don't assume the group is always correct.

[–] Coleslaw4145@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

AirVPN allow port forwarding.

I use Mullvad for my day to day devices like my phone and laptop, and AirVPN in my homelab for things like torrenting.

[–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

How does it harm p2p? I've been downloading and seeding without issue. Genuine question

[–] jmf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

P2P requires at least 1 person to have open port forwarding. Ideally, everyone has it open on their VPN. The more people start recommending vpns without it, the more torrents as a whole start to die as everyone I inherently becomes a burden on the system.

[–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

I had no idea. According to what I'm reading, if I switch to IPv6, it would effectively solve the problem? I see that mullvad does support it, but will have to look into the individual containers I'm using, as well as docker itself I guess.
Networking is a nightmare to understand

[–] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What VPN(s) would you recommend?

[–] jmf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago

PIA (Private Internet Access) seems really good. I am currently finishing up a 2 year discounted Protonvpn subscription but am reevaluating it as a viable option due to recent political posts from the CEO. As far as the service goes it was great though.

[–] rav3n@ttrpg.network -1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Here's a free VPN that you can use: https://riseup.net/en/vpn

Try not to assume that there aren't free alternatives to what "the crowd" is constantly herding you to pay for. Do some digging, and you may be surprised by what you come across.

Most of the good stuff is buried underneath mountains of bullshit.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The cost for us to offer RiseupVPN is approximately $60 USD per person per year. If you use the VPN, please consider donating at least this much. Thank you!

That's the same as Mullvad then, or more if you consider that everyone who can afford it should pay for more than their fair share because some can not.