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Anybody else think the hacker community will suffer a bit since it will be just that much difficult to learn hacking since the information is in some mysterious way related to pornography?

I keep getting blocked by T-Mobile's porn filter even while accessing certain posts on HN.

I'm referring to people just starting out that have no clue how to bypass the filter just yet. Not someone who already knows some stuff and it's quite easy for them to bypass it.

Say using SOCKS5 and SSH tunneling to a box not covered by this bs filter.



Why haven't you opted out of content lock?


It's my company phone and it requires a credit card (which i don't have).

I only use debit cards which they don't accept.

It's a personal choice but i shouldn't have to be forced to own a credit card to unlock my fking porn filter.

Did I mention anything i see on HN most certainly doesn't qualify as porn?

Does qualify as hacking though if technical blogs on device vulnerabilities or back doors are considered hacking.

I would qualify it as security research but that just another loose term the ISPs can play with to ban important information on potentially insecure devices.


You have to realise it's something you can opt out of.

If it's like the O2 one, it doesn't say "to cancel this, call customer services". Since most people accept defaults...




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