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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  • Uriel238 [all pronouns]
    5·
    1 year ago

    Terrorist has been so misused in the last 20+ years that we should reclaim it again as cool. Pretty much every single human on the planet who has stood up against government impropriety has been called a terrorist.

    • Azzy@beehaw.org
      3·
      1 year ago

      Beware large prime numbers!! NP-complete problems are banned!!! No more math! Lattices are outlawed! You wouldn’t download a public key!!!