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Speaking of which, can anyone please tell me why XHamster now requires a Virgina ID to visit the website, even though I live nowhere near that shithole?

Why does it have to be a Virginia ID specifically?
How the hell am I going to get a Virginia ID from out of state?
Why would anyone give a porn site their ID to begin with? That’s a major invasion of privacy.

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JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
It thinks your connection comes from Virginia for some reason, 2) You aren’t, 3) They really shouldn’t. But the sites are asking for them because they are required, by law. The alternative is to block those connections, as PornHub decided to do.
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- Tin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Tennessee as well.
  
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- Psythik@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  So basically only the worst states in the country have this law. Color me surprised.
  
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  - JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Colour, you say? Nah, doesn’t have anything to do with it, surely.
    
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IamAnonymous@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
Are you using iCloud Relay or a similar service? Your IP is set to or is being routed through Virginia.

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- Psythik@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  No but I use a 3rd party DNS, which might have something to do with it, now that you mention it.
  
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- Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Might be their ISP. I know mine routes my stuff through some datacenter somewhere else in my country if I use ipv4 (probably because they don’t have enough ipv4 addresses for everyone). Which I do, because their IPv6 protocol shits the bed if I actually use the bandwidth I’m paying for 🙄
  
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