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[HN] Will Browsers Be Required by Law to Stop You from Visiting Infringing Sites? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If google implements is drm technology they are actively implementing already now, the answer is an absolute yes.

Download firefox now.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Firefox and Mozilla have been struggling mightily lately. Downloading Firefox won't help when Mozilla goes out of business. The best thing you can do is donate to Mozilla IMO.

Mozilla gets the vast majority of their revenue from having Google be the default search provider for Firefox.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is firefox the only way to protest against this? i have gotten so used to chromium based browsers

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I switched recently and it was an incredibly smooth transition. I was also worried, having been on Chrome for so long, but I don't regret switching at all.