Indiana is trying a new way to control access to online porn. State officials say that porn websites should block users who visit through VPNs. According to them, this would help enforce age-verification laws and stop minors from seeing adult content.

Indiana already has a law that requires porn websites to check that users are over 18. In many cases, this means asking people to upload an ID or use a third-party verification service. The state argues that VPNs make these checks useless, because VPNs hide a user’s real location.

In simple terms, Indiana believes that if porn sites allow VPN traffic, they are helping people avoid the law. 阅读更多...

The rate at which folks visit adult websites is on the upward trajectory, and the trends show no signs of stopping any time soon. According to report, adult websites are more popular than Amazon and Netflix. But here’s the point: as much watching adult content is often discussed in a morality context, a huge elephant in the house is usually overlooked – security and privacy.

If you think that you will never be affected by such issues, this could be the right time to reconsider. 阅读更多...