I'm curious to know what kind of hoops people have to jump through to verify their age to watch porn?

I mean, how is age verified without identity verification and/or risk of privacy breaches? Do phones or emails get notifications or alerts? Do you have to do it each and every time et al?

I supposed I'm puzzled as to why anyone would risk watching porn if an app or entity is out there 'verifying' something, and (presumably) these things can be exploited or hacked.

I'm also assuming (hoping) that there are some hackers out there who are working on a workaround or add on.

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Please share your observations, experiences and/or concerns.

I come from a land downunder, and many people are up in arms about everyone having to verify their age and/or id in order to watch (say) pron.

Given the collective desire for privacy and security, most are not willing to upload their personal details to a porn site (or a company affiliated with one) and are opting to subscribe to a VPN instead. Alternatively, they - ok, we - are looking for a browser add-on that automates (or falsifies) the process.

Does anyone know which countries do not require age verification or of apps et al that circumvent the process? I'm sure it's only a matter of time before the latter is made available if it isn't already.

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I have had to migrate from Transmission to BiglyBT because the former has become increasingly unreliable and/or unstable.

Although I'm very happy with Bigly, I'm surprised by how (relatively) cumbersome it is.

Instead of (say) instantly loading the torrent link or file (like every other torrent app) an 'operation in progress' box appears and takes a while to load or connect to the torrent. It's not just the distended operation though - you're required to stay within the app until it connects.

If you try to (say) browse online or use another app like Word, the 'operation' actively prevents you from doing this or will automatically return you to Bigly until the initial operation is complete.

And then, of course, shutting down the app seems to be a whole production too. Instead of just immediately quitting like every other app, you'll get another 'operation in progress' box appear as it shuts down and quitting the app can take a while too (up to 20 seconds).

Is there anyway of turning off this box hijacking or letting these distinct operations occur behind the scenes instead?

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Up until recently I was relying on something called Trakt but it has become increasingly unreliable or erratic - it just seems to randomly rearrange the order of its older movie releases now

https://app.trakt.tv/users/giladg/lists/latest-releases?ref=trakt-og-autoredirect

What are the best alternative new releases sites please?

I was hoping to listen to a one hour weekly show on digital radio station DI.FM https://www.di.fm/

It's an electronic based radio station that used to be free but has since started charging (in my view) a high monthly fee.

Does anybody know if it's possible to bypass the fee requirement via (say) an app or ext?

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If so, which one works or did your account get banned?

I've included a link for an app but it appears to be a couple of years old now and might not work.

Does anybody else get this message when trying to access articles?

I've updated bypass paywall and it's made no difference. I've also disabled my vpn and emptied my cache to little avail.

How do we get around this new problem please?

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Although my version of Bypass hasn't been updated for over a year, it has been working fine.

But my latest attempt to read the New York Times indicates that it has been detected and/or blocked.

When I try to update it via https://gitflic.ru/ I can't seem to manually update it either. Firefox says the file is corrupt when I drag it into the browser or update (add) file via settings.

I'm assuming it's because it's a zip file but when I unzip the folder there are no files in there that firefox recognises for me to add (only a changelog, licence and readme).

Can someone please clarify - for me and anyone else likely to encounter similar issues in the future - what I might be doing wrong.

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I already have the latest 'bypass paywall' clean installed , but I'm finding one of two things lately : either some previous bypassed sites are becoming subject to restrictions or some recently accessible sites are now restricted.

Case in point: Vox.

When I try to read any articles on the site now , I keep getting blocked by a popup that tells me to become a paid member.

The site use to take pride in being (mostly) free but now it appears to be (mostly) paid.

Is there anyway of getting around this?

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I'm currently an Amazon Prime video member (Australia) and want to watch a show that appears to be only available on Amazon UK or Peacock US.

The show is a little gem of a show called Hapless that few people seem to know about and the pirating community has ignored or forgotten about.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cz66za4X9k

There have been two seasons of six episodes thus far, and only parts of the first season (from 2020) are available as active torrents while the most recent season (2024) has been completely ignored by the 'community'.

I've tried to watch it online at the usual illicit places but it appears to unavailable. When I tried to watch it at Amazon UK, my VPN was detected and it wouldn't let me.

So my question is: is it possible to bypass the constraints at either Amazon or Peacock and watch this show? Alternatively, does anyone know of a private tracker that might have it as a download?

thank you!

I want to be able to download and/or access the resource The International Encyclopedia of Media Literacy https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781118978238.

I can't seem to find a pdf version anywhere and was hoping to read it via an 'institution' that provides access.

Is it possible to access a university library that provides access (so to speak) to books otherwise only available via subscription?

Alternatively, does anyone know where hard to find books like these might be available?

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Sounds ominous.

Where to now?

Edit: The claim is that they're offline for maintenance - not sure how credible the source is though or why it was worded to intimate otherwise.

https://new.reddit.com/r/Piracy/comments/1dfpetp/have_no_fear_tgx_is_here_it_to_stay/