Orange? They get a major expletive, too, but for entirely different reasons... tried that.
How do I remove Content Lock?
If you're over 18, you can remove content lock in two minutes. All we need are your credit card details, or name and address so we can verify your age (it won't cost you anything).
You can confirm your age by:
- Trying to access a blocked site and entering your details
- Dialling 1818 from your T-Mobile phone and following the prompts
Nice in theory, but it didn't work. I had to go in to the store and deal with the idiots there. And I was all set to give them hell if they actually asked for ID; but they didn't. How disappointing.
So, yeah, I'm an American in Europe suddenly shocked to find censorship actually exists. There's no way in *hell* you could do that in the US -- we thrive on this kind of shit. That's why we have guns.

(kidding...)
But from another perspective, I'm simply a pissed-off consumer. I didn't sign up for that! I want what I paid for, which is unfettered access to the Internet (or so I thought...) Maybe it was buried somewhere in super tiny fine print, but that doesn't excuse it.
Not to draw this into geek land, but I think this is also a way for them to save bandwidth. They have this other "feature" which re-compresses website images on-the-fly before sending them down the pipe to you (which makes them look like crap). They advertise this an an "accelerator" feature, but clearly, it's for their benefit.
Ok, there's probably no relationship between those things at all, but I discovered them on the same day, so dammit! They must be connected!
Regardless, I am pretty offended that trans-related sites are apparently off-limits. Yes, this is nothing we didn't know. The world hates us. We'll all encounter much worse forms of discrimination multiple times in our lives.
Still, I hate being slapped in the face with it.
Hrmph.
-anna