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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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how to get all browsers to remove access for france
the good ending? no more French?
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Browsers can have different releases per default language, so just have the fr-fr distribution have the blockers and others not
No, Fuck that. It takes resources to develop shitty features like that. I’d say block downloads from France and call it a day.