The French government is considering a law that would require web browsers – like Mozilla’s Firefox – to block websites chosen by the government.
The French government is considering a law that would require web browsers – like Mozilla’s Firefox – to block websites chosen by the government.
Why forcing the browsers? Couldn’t they just make a law for ISPs to block specific domains?
This is already possible (and is actively used, mainly for piracy related websites) with the current laws.
Aand it’s never enough
Too easy to bypass that with a VPN, proxy, or alternative DNS.
But like, can’t they just download the non France version of Firefox? Isn’t it open source? People can just build their own, right?
Yeah.
Yes but 90% of the people using Firefox won’t bother or notice. I already struggle trying to make all my relatives switch to Firefox, I can’t imagine getting them to download a specific version or build it themselves…
But the same applies for the other workarounds mentioned doesn’t it?
You should just build one yourself, put it on a disc or flash drive and install it for them.