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In a well-intentioned yet dangerous move to fight online fraud, France is on the verge of forcing browsers to create a dystopian technical capability. Article 6 (para II and III) of the SREN Bill would force browser providers to create the means to mandatorily block websites present on a government provided list.
I don’t agree that it’s “well-intentioned” at all but the article goes on to point out the potential for abuse by copyright holders.
cross-posted from: https://radiation.party/post/64123
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What about tor
Or older versions of browsers, or browsers that don’t comply, or browsers compiled for literally any other country
Straight to jail.
me on my way to prison after i use an outdated browser (it didnt have the blocklist)
To shreds you say