UK Mobile ISP Blocks VPN, Citing Access To Porn 195
New submitter santosh.k83 writes with this snippet: "TorrentFreak has learned that VPN provider iPredator is already blocked under the 'adult filter' of some, if not all, mobile providers. TorrentFreak has seen communication between the mobile provider GiffGaff and iPredator which makes it clear that the VPN's website is blocked because it allows kids to bypass the age restrictions. Based on the above it is safe to say that censorship is a slippery slope, especially without any oversight. VPNs are used for numerous purposes and bypassing age restrictions is certainly not the most popular one. If this holds up then proxy services and even Google's cache may soon be banned under the same guise."
You can switch it off. (Score:2, Informative)
You can switch off the blocking if you so wish on the giffgaff web site.
News at 11.
Re:You can switch it off. (Score:5, Informative)
I am using giffgaff right now. You need to give your passport number to giffgaff in order to lift the ban.
Bloody goodthink.
The entire point of this is to prevent anonymous internet use. It has nothing to do with pornography.
iPredator specifically (Score:3, Informative)
This has nothing to do with VPNs in general. It has everything to do with the fact that iPredator was co-founded by Peter Sunde, former spokesman for The Pirate Bay and long term, all-around pain in the ass for the intellectual property complex.