cross-posted from: https://gehirneimer.de/m/privacy@lemmy.ml/t/57607

The French government is considering a law that would require web browsers – like Mozilla’s Firefox – to block websites chosen by the government.

  • 14th_cylon@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    so in the download section of firefox website, there will be notice: “not recommended for use in france”

    problem solved 🤣

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      1 year ago

      for-profit places will do that. i hardly expect mozilla to abandon the people of an entire country. though i’m sure they’ll make sure everyone knows what VPNs and Tor are if it comes to it.

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        1 year ago

        i hardly expect mozilla to abandon the people of an entire country

        that’s not what i meant. i meant that the notice will be only thing that happens to formally comply with the law and everyone will be able to download the firefox “on their own responsibility”

        like when eu banned the classic lightbulbs, there was a discussion in my country because some idiots felt that “the dictatorship of eu is upon them again”

        now these lightbulbs are being sold with the notice “for industrial use only, unsuitable for use in personal homes”. every normal person buys led-bulbs and few thousand idiots are happy thinking how they showed them! 😆

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          1 year ago

          Actally about those lightbulbs they are used if you are a machienist because most led lights tends to flicker which could cause stroboscope effect on fast moving parts and sometimes could present effect that something looks like is moving slower or in different direction that is really moving which could be dangerous. But there are also special machienist led bulbs but are more expensive than normal led bulbs. I am not a profesional machienist so sorry if i didnt describe it correctly but my point is that leds (if are not designed for machienist) are not safe in that particular usecase