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Indiana and Kentucky lose access in the coming weeks.

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[–] [email protected] 79 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There was talk at one point of them releasing the viewing habits of politicians based on metrics they had collected….i wish they would have

[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The one way we might actually get some online privacy laws in this country.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

Never, they'll do what they always do, make laws in a fashion that only applies to the lawmakers

[–] Reptorian 26 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

VPNs approves of this message.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

When Mulvad eats good we all eat good.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Mullchad 😎😎😎👍

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago

And two more states are soon to have a massive uptick in VPN usage.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago

...specifically the freedom of others to live exactly as I demand they do!

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago

Golly, if only there was a way to appear as if I were in a different location.. a network of tunnels that I could travel through.. like a very fast mole....

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

So this is how liberty thrives. With thunderous fapping.

[–] solsangraal 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

the fact that they can comfortably afford to just dump multiple entire states' worth of customers just shows how mountainous the piles of cash they're raking in are

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Anyone paying will use a VPN. Or find less legal avenues.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The laws generally require adults to upload some form of government ID

Absolutely insane, KYC for looking at pornography

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I love how they have some preachy bullshit telling me to vote unlike all the other websites which either 1) let you verify or 2) are ignoring the law