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Pornhub launches VPNhub, its own virtual private network app

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Re: Pornhub launches VPNhub, its own virtual private network app

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Post by godzillabrennus »

fencepost wrote: post #45

The pricing on this seems out of line with other VPN providers unless I'm missing something. $12-14/month = $144/year give or take. Even if they do a "2 months free if you pay annually" it's still $120/year while something like privateinternetaccess is $7/mo, $40/year or $70/2 years. Unfortunately the vpnhub site appears to have been hammered into the ground as of time of posting.

Wow that’s a lot to pay for this kind of thing. Maybe I’m the minority on here but I watch Tech shows on YouTube. Linus Sebastian is quite popular on there. He has been recommending https://www.privateinternetaccess.com and their prices are lower.

Re: Pornhub launches VPNhub, its own virtual private network app

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Post by simooooo »

mediocrejoker wrote: post #13
fredley wrote: post #6

> “VPNhub is free and unlimited, anonymous and easy to use, [...] a good number of [people] use [VPNs] to circumvent and bypass restrictions to access adult content. It only makes sense that they use Pornhub’s.” So wait, as a UK citizen I can use Pornhub's VPN to circumvent the UK Government's "Porn Filter", a system that's run by..... Pornhub.

>So wait, as a UK citizen I can use Pornhub's VPN to circumvent the UK Government's "Porn Filter", a system that's run by..... Pornhub. I had no idea that PornHub is in charge of filtering adult content for the UK government. Got any more info about this relationship?

It's about the proposed porn pass

Re: Pornhub launches VPNhub, its own virtual private network app

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Post by wffurr »

merinowool wrote: post #70
nailer wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/porn-age-verificati... > AgeID, has been developed by MindGeek, a company that also owns several pornographic websites including Pornhub, RedTube and YouPorn. > AgeID currently uses official documents such as driver's licences and passports to verify a person's age - but submitting a mobile number tied to a contract phone could be another option. > The tool is due to be implem…

Such site should be illegal. I find it extraordinary that government lets private company record such sensitive information.

Now tell me how you feel about US credit rating agencies, which were started by former FBI agents after the FBI was restricted from keeping dossiers without cause.

Re: Pornhub launches VPNhub, its own virtual private network app

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Post by esrauch »

stephenr wrote: post #14
fredley wrote: post #6

> “VPNhub is free and unlimited, anonymous and easy to use, [...] a good number of [people] use [VPNs] to circumvent and bypass restrictions to access adult content. It only makes sense that they use Pornhub’s.” So wait, as a UK citizen I can use Pornhub's VPN to circumvent the UK Government's "Porn Filter", a system that's run by..... Pornhub.

Huh? A porn site company runs a porn filter? Surely the individual ISP's have devices in their DC that filter the specified things? Edit, so after reading - the filter is less a filter, and more mandated age-check verification? Isn't that like claiming a guy checking ID's at the door to a pub is an alcohol filter?

The difference is that essentially no one minds a guy glancing at their id and handing it back, and no one cares if your coworker happens to see you going into a bar.

The law is a filter because of the obvious chilling effect: do you really want to risk an inevitable leak where your co-workers will potentially look up info about your porn habits tied to your real name?

Re: Pornhub launches VPNhub, its own virtual private network app

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Post by anderber »

godzillabrennus wrote: post #71
fencepost wrote: post #45

The pricing on this seems out of line with other VPN providers unless I'm missing something. $12-14/month = $144/year give or take. Even if they do a "2 months free if you pay annually" it's still $120/year while something like privateinternetaccess is $7/mo, $40/year or $70/2 years. Unfortunately the vpnhub site appears to have been hammered into the ground as of time of posting.

Wow that’s a lot to pay for this kind of thing. Maybe I’m the minority on here but I watch Tech shows on YouTube. Linus Sebastian is quite popular on there. He has been recommending https://www.privateinternetaccess.com and their prices are lower.

Keep in mind that his show is sometimes sponsored by PIA. But on that note, I've used them and have no complaints. Their speeds aren't as good as Mullvad though. Actually, no VPN that I've ever tried is as fast as Mullvad.

Re: Pornhub launches VPNhub, its own virtual private network app

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Post by stephenr »

esrauch wrote: post #75
stephenr wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Huh? A porn site company runs a porn filter? Surely the individual ISP's have devices in their DC that filter the specified things? Edit, so after reading - the filter is less a filter, and more mandated age-check verification? Isn't that like claiming a guy checking ID's at the door to a pub is an alcohol filter?

The difference is that essentially no one minds a guy glancing at their id and handing it back, and no one cares if your coworker happens to see you going into a bar. The law is a filter because of the obvious chilling effect: do you really want to risk an inevitable leak where your co-workers will potentially look up info about your porn habits tied to your real name?

> do you really want to risk an inevitable leak where your co-workers will potentially look up info about your porn habits tied to your real name

Why would it have your 'habits' tied to it? It's meant to ensure you're over 18 or whatever age - what possible reason would it have to identify individual URLs a particular identity visited?

Re: Pornhub launches VPNhub, its own virtual private network app

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Post by ComodoHacker »

KenanSulayman wrote: post #72

Interestingly, the VPN clients connect to https://wlvpn.com and the whole service seems to actually be run by WLVPN, a white label VPN service, and not actually MindGeek (the company running PornHub).

So their VP must be lying:

>“It’s also developed by us, the leading adult entertainment platform in the world".

Re: Pornhub launches VPNhub, its own virtual private network app

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Post by the8472 »

fencepost wrote: post #45

The pricing on this seems out of line with other VPN providers unless I'm missing something. $12-14/month = $144/year give or take. Even if they do a "2 months free if you pay annually" it's still $120/year while something like privateinternetaccess is $7/mo, $40/year or $70/2 years. Unfortunately the vpnhub site appears to have been hammered into the ground as of time of posting.

Or you could just rent the cheapest cloud server you can find and install a VPN daemon on it. Scaleway is 2€/mo. The smallest AWS spot instances are comparable in price but more of a hassle.

Re: Pornhub launches VPNhub, its own virtual private network app

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Post by zrobotics »

w0m wrote: post #31
pavel_lishin wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> maybe this VPN service effectively solves both of those problems. Sure, for the low, low price of $12/month.

> VPNhub is free and unlimited, anonymous and easy to use, ... Though I didn't actually RTFM, was posted elsewhere here.

From the article: "there is a premium subscription available that gets rid of the ads and promises faster speeds. In the U.S., this will cost between $12 and $14 per month, depending on the platform."

So unlimited free use, but restricted speed and injected ads. Not horrible, but I'd definitely read the T&C very carefully, I didn't see any mention of what logs they keep.

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