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Re:Pornhub launches VPNhub, its own virtual private network app by programbreeding on Thursday May 24, 2018 @02:41PM (#17146995)
>what possible reason would it have to identify individual URLs a particular identity visited?

Money. Marketing. Targeted advertising. Etc, etc, etc. Pornhub (and others) are completely free and use more bandwidth than I can wrap my head around. How do you think they pay for that stuff?

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Re:Pornhub launches VPNhub, its own virtual private network app by alsetmusic on Friday May 25, 2018 @03:43AM (#17151451)
> Pornhub (and others) are completely free and use more bandwidth than I can wrap my head around. How do you think they pay for that stuff?

Pornhub sells a subscription service with additional features / content.

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Re:Pornhub launches VPNhub, its own virtual private network app by brettz on Thursday May 24, 2018 @04:00PM (#17147741)
The ID verification is done by trusted third parties. There will be no link to a name and any browsing activity on Pornhub.
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Re:Pornhub launches VPNhub, its own virtual private network app by mykmallett on Thursday May 24, 2018 @07:39PM (#17149452)
The age verification is done by pornhubs own company, to think they won't use this information seems incredibly naive.
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Re:Pornhub launches VPNhub, its own virtual private network app by brettz on Friday May 25, 2018 @12:10PM (#17155095)
Incredibly naive? I work for Pornhub, the last thing we want to handle is PII, it brings no value and has security risks.
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