Here’s one to file under “Weird Things Schools and Universities Have to Worry About”: Their names getting used for porn websites.

“Starting last week, domain addresses with the brand-new suffix .xxx became available for pornography sites, in addition to the .edu suffix used for schools, .com used for businesses and .gov used for government agencies,” KITV reports.

While many well-known mainland schools are buying up all the potential porn addresses that could compromise their reputations, Hawaii schools haven’t yet. 

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