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Re:French Gov Wants to Inject Domain Blocking Lists Directly... by geraldyo on Friday June 30, 2023 @07:11AM (#36532926)
Isn't this something that technically already exists? It seems to me the government is demanding thst browsers have that capability; not that the companies would have to use that feature. But (1) it may actually not be technically possible right now? Or (2) the wording is confusing enough that it is essentially forcing the use, not just "having the ability"
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Re:French Gov Wants to Inject Domain Blocking Lists Directly... by Avamander on Friday June 30, 2023 @07:24AM (#36533030)
They can run their own DNS servers, publish the lists, but it can't be the browsers enforcing it. Otherwise it's an idiotic path towards jailbreaking browsers.
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Re:French Gov Wants to Inject Domain Blocking Lists Directly... by detourdog on Friday June 30, 2023 @04:49PM (#36542060)
To me the browser is the wrong vehicle for this. How can we have a completed unregulated internet and just clean up the mess in a browser.

To base regulation on something as amorphic as a web browser….

Demonstrates illiteracy of the subject matter.

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