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Re:Mozilla silently bans 2 anti-state-censorship add-ons in ... by secondary_op on Sunday June 09, 2024 @02:09AM (#40622393)
That's good, I would not trust you, shady pseudonymous to be gatekeeper of free internet and for populace to rely on backend services you provide for these kind of "free proxy" extensions in exchange for dubious incentives, possibly Browsing habits tracking or Ad injection or worse.
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Re:Mozilla silently bans 2 anti-state-censorship add-ons in ... by tasuki on Sunday June 09, 2024 @02:36AM (#40622483)
Who would you trust then? Mozilla, to guard you against the content you should not be allowed to see?

If I were either a Russian, living in Russia, or had any family or friends in Russia, and if I also wrote tools to circumvent Russian state censorship, I sure would want to stay pseudonymous!

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Re:Mozilla silently bans 2 anti-state-censorship add-ons in ... by lesostep on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @01:27PM (#40649048)
As a russian I felt comfortable using this add-on and recommending it to others because it was closely associated with Roskomsvoboda organization that have a very strong reputation for fighting against different forms of state oppression.

Please, do not imagine yourself in our shoes if you dont know their shape.

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