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Try this one: https://www.xxxlutz.at/ (don't worry, it's an Austrian furniture chain).
That’s not blocked
Wait, but the site in the article isn’t either any more?
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The best solution would be the remove whatever stupid law allowed for that kind of censorship in the first place. As a bonus, if the UK puts up a better fight against this stuff it'll make it harder for it spread. Any nation where people have a vote should be strongly rejecting that crap.
I'm happy for an ISP to be allowed to carry out as much censorship as it wants, provided it makes that known. They definitely shouldn't be forced to, though — in the general case — and I don't think anyone's demonstrated that they have been so in this case.
I think this is a reasonable thing for Vodaphone to do, they just need a way to report false positives
Re: Deleting System32\curl.exe
#73People who delete system binaries due to whacky CVEs deserve a broken system. I don't even know who else to blame for this.
As mentioned in the article:
>Many Windows users are even contractually “forced” to fix (all) such security warnings within a certain time period or risk bad consequences and penalties.
So the blame would be on managers who think checking boxes is how every single job works.
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#74Moral of the story: answers.microsoft.com is the worst
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#75Vodaphone blocks this site for being “18+ content”, I guess because of “hacking” or something? There’s no explanation or option to report a false positive and they want you to put in credit card details to confirm your age to unlock it (I don’t need tips to get around this or anything, I can just connect to another network or use a VPN)
The site seems to not be blocked any more, did someone contact them about it or something?
I would have edited this in to my original comment but it won’t let me any more
Re: Deleting System32\curl.exe
#76Vodaphone blocks this site for being “18+ content”, I guess because of “hacking” or something? There’s no explanation or option to report a false positive and they want you to put in credit card details to confirm your age to unlock it (I don’t need tips to get around this or anything, I can just connect to another network or use a VPN)
Probably the xx in the domain. In the UK where 20% of the internet is blocked – it's surprising you haven't experienced this before. Call your service provider and tell them you want access to adult material.
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Re: Deleting System32\curl.exe
#77Vodaphone blocks this site for being “18+ content”, I guess because of “hacking” or something? There’s no explanation or option to report a false positive and they want you to put in credit card details to confirm your age to unlock it (I don’t need tips to get around this or anything, I can just connect to another network or use a VPN)
Probably the xx in the domain. In the UK where 20% of the internet is blocked – it's surprising you haven't experienced this before. Call your service provider and tell them you want access to adult material.
My ISP in the UK does not block anything.
Even on those that do, 20% seems rather high??
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You can't just disable this 'feature' from Vodafone? I'm in the UK and my ISP doesn't do this. I'm not sure why you would want your ISP interfering with your traffic like this. To me, it seems like a dealbreaker.
> "You can't just disable this 'feature' from Vodafone? I'm in the UK and my ISP doesn't do this." Yes, you can disable it quite easily. Usually by entering a credit card number in their app or website to prove you're 18, or alternatively by contacting their customer service chat. But of course, only pervs who want to access porn would do that, right? In my experience it's a good idea to disable it regardless, it as…
> But of course, only pervs who want to access porn would do that, right?
No? Why would you say this? I disabled this back with my old carrier and it was pretty painless - I don't recall there being any stigma attatched to turning off the filters. I've since moved carriers and I don't remember having to disable filters - maybe I did or maybe something about signing up turned it off?
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#79People who delete system binaries due to whacky CVEs deserve a broken system. I don't even know who else to blame for this.
> I don't even know who else to blame for this.
Microsoft. It's their binary shipped in their system, and their customers are being directed to break their own systems. It's on them to remediate the situation.
Re: Deleting System32\curl.exe
#80Moral of the story: answers.microsoft.com is the worst
Every time I run into a Windows related problem I find an answers.microsoft.com post of someone with the exact problem I'm having and every time the thread runs dry after some Verified Super Duper Senior Adviser Technician Microsoft Windows Expert Professional says "have you tried reinstalling Windows 11".
I don't know if you get forum points for suggesting wiping your drive or something but I've never seen a useful response from someone tagged as some kind of expert by answers.microsoft.com.