Re:Mozilla takes action to protect users in Kazakhstan
by lone_haxx0r on Wednesday August 21, 2019 @02:25PM
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If I want to talk to the tyrannical government using their CA, I can't do it using Chrome or Firefox.
Look, I'm as pro-freedom as they come and I'm against coercing people to install certificates, but I also think good tools don't leverage their popularity to push their political opinions, even if I agree with those opinions. Good tools allow their user to do whatever is technically possible, even if the tool maker doesn't like that use-case.
The political and personal relationships of the user fall outside the realm of concern of the tool.
Look, I'm as pro-freedom as they come and I'm against coercing people to install certificates, but I also think good tools don't leverage their popularity to push their political opinions, even if I agree with those opinions. Good tools allow their user to do whatever is technically possible, even if the tool maker doesn't like that use-case.
The political and personal relationships of the user fall outside the realm of concern of the tool.