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.

  • Lobo6780@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Idk does France government knows that they can block addresses on ISP level but anyway, I’m not France government.

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      1 year ago

      On ISP level? Only with DNS blocking. Which is pointless since you can simply change the DNS server to some non-ISP one. That’s probably why they want to force this stupidity onto browsers. Which is even more stupid and pointless.

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        1 year ago

        You can block IP addresses on ISP level.

        We can argue about VPNs then, but that’s not how Internet should work, right?

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          1 year ago

          Single IP can host multiple websites. You really want to block half the internet?

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        1 year ago

        If you are technical enough to change your DNS server, you are technical enough to circumvent that