Making Money With A Porn Proxy
Introduction
Florida is about to join twelve other states1 in losing access to pornhub.com. Starting in Jan. 2025 the state is requiring age verification to view porn sites. That means you'll have to provide something like your driver's license before you can view a porn site. Pornhub decided they don't want to deal with that.
The age and the other details on your driver's license are "Personally Identifiable Information" (aka PII). Pornhub is against collecting the PII necessary for age verification because it increases the risk for identity theft.
First off, nefarious sites could simply use the info directly. Discounting that, site that operate legitimately would have to store the info which could lead to data breaches that expose the info.
Instead of exposing users to that possibility, Pornhub blocks access to folks in states that require age verification.
The VPN Option
One way around the state based blocking is to use a Virtual Private Network (VPN) service. These services work by installing software on your device that sends your web traffic through another computer before it goes to whatever site you're browsing. It'll look like you're wherever the other computer is instead of where you actually are. Assuming it's in a state or country that Pornhub doesn't block you'll be able to see the site.
VPNs are pretty heavy duty. They involved full blown apps that you generally have to install on your device.
The Proxy Option
Another option for shifting the location sites see you connecting from is to use a Proxy Server. Instead of installing software on your device, using a proxy server is done by changing some setting inside your browser. This makes them way less complicated to run overall.
Proxy servers can do everything you need to make it look like you're in a different state or country. I could totally see building a business on them which would keep cost much lower than providing a full-blown VPN setup.