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Pornhub shuts down in Texas... and predictably, VPNs benefit (mashable.com)

submitted 8 months ago by restingboredface@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world

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From the article: "Unsurprisingly, this skyrocketed searches for the best VPNs. According to a SlashGear report sent to Mashable, searches for "Texas VPN" jumped by 1,750 percent in the past day. It also spotted a 1,600 percent increase for the phrase "How to access Pornhub.""

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[-] essteeyou@lemmy.world 57 points 8 months ago

I suspect they invested in companies that sell VPNs.

[-] kautau@lemmy.world 36 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Kape technologies comes to mind, which owns Private Internet Access, CyberGhost, and ExpressVPN, and is in turn owned by an Israeli billionaire

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_Sagi

[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Is there a wesbite that hosts all these connections? I'm sure if we could see the web of relations there'd be a little but of reasoning on top of this dung pile.

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