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Re:Mastercard and visa are the de facto regulators of porn by ars on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @08:13PM (#31914829)
I think it's more to do with prostitutes needing to keep the identities of their clients secret. So they keep no records, and are hard to audit for taxes.

It would be interesting to compare to other (legal) business that keep identities secret in this way.

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Re:Mastercard and visa are the de facto regulators of porn by eru on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @12:24AM (#31916484)
When I go to the barber, I don't need to tell them my name either. Similar for the supermarket when I'm paying in cash.

So I'm not sure prostitutes are anything special?

Both barber and supermarket keep records of what services they performed or goods they sold, but not who purchased them (when paying in cash). A prostitute could do exactly the same.

> It would be interesting to compare to other (legal) business that keep identities secret in this way.

Basically almost any business where you can pay in cash?

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