Pornhub And YouPorn Bolster Privacy System In Response To Controversial Congress Decision

With user information at risk of being sold by internet service providers to the highest bidder, one of the greatest concerns of people is their privacy when surfing for pornography. After all, it’s easy enough to record and store the search history of users, which can include some incredibly private preferences. In response to the controversial bill by Congress, porn sites are promising to bolster their privacy policies and security protocols.

Last Thursday, Pornhub announced that it is finally on HTTPS, which basically offers the most secure encryption technology available for online entities. With the site being the single most popular porn domain in the world, it only makes sense that it should provide users with the reassurance that their information won’t easily be mined, Tech Times reports.

YouPorn is listed to follow suit, with its transition into HTTPS set to be completed on April 4th. By doing so, both sites join three other major online porn entities to choose high encryption protocols by default. In a statement to users, Pornhub Vice President Corey Price says that user activity on the site will remain private.

"Here at Pornhub, with more than 70 million daily visitors, we wanted to continue our concerted effort to maximize the privacy of our users, ensuring that what they do on our platform remains strictly confidential," Price said.

The decision by two of the biggest porn sites in the industry is bound to have far-reaching effects and other similar entities are already expected to follow, The Daily Beast reports. The site Sssh.com, which caters primarily to women, is one such site.

Founded by Angie Rowntree in 1999, it was something of an oddity since it didn’t sell customer information, like others in the industry. As such, it provided users with more privacy than most. However, even Rowntree is going to transition to HTTPS thanks to the anti-privacy bill proposed by Congress.