Firefox Browser Blocks Anti-Censorship Add-Ons at Russia’s Request (theintercept.com)
from VITecNet@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.world on 13 Jun 17:14
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just_another_person@lemmy.world on 13 Jun 17:29 next collapse

Not sure why, if true. I doubt Russia is making up a large chunk of their economic funding.

themurphy@lemmy.ml on 13 Jun 18:14 collapse

Sometimes CEOs just get paranoid. You can either flip a switch an remove an app, or risk getting personally targeted by Russia.

Russia won’t get to you, most likely, but it’s the paranoia that gets you.

HeadfullofSoup@kbin.earth on 13 Jun 18:52 collapse

Russia don't get anyone it's always suicide by falling off a windows

n3m37h@sh.itjust.works on 14 Jun 00:09 next collapse

Or off a boat, or suicide by radioactive materials, ya know, the usual ways

HeadfullofSoup@kbin.earth on 14 Jun 01:33 collapse

Forgot also about lot of suicide by shot behind the head

Excrubulent@slrpnk.net on 15 Jun 14:10 collapse

They’re the Mozilla CEO, I image they’d fall off a linux.

ID411@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 13 Jun 17:41 next collapse

They are not blocked but are removed from the store, at least as far as I can read in my phone, without a login that the intercept forces on anyone who wants to read it.

hendu@lemmy.world on 13 Jun 18:11 collapse

From the article:

The Intercept verified that all four add-ons are blocked in Russia. If the webpage for the add-on is accessed from a Russian IP address, the Mozilla add-on page displays a message: “The page you tried to access is not available in your region.” If the add-on is accessed with an IP address outside of Russia, the add-on page loads successfully.

ID411@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 14 Jun 09:03 collapse

It might be pedantic, but the difference I was trying to highlight was that it’s not blocked by the browser. It is (or was) blocked from being downloaded from the app marketplace.

The reason this is important is that the extension can still be installed, if you were to download it from elsewhere.

hendu@lemmy.world on 14 Jun 13:45 collapse

Yes, you’re right about that.

DudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.works on 13 Jun 19:44 next collapse

Weak

wischi@programming.dev on 13 Jun 20:05 collapse

The extensions should be back online: discourse.mozilla.org/t/…/38

wischi@programming.dev on 13 Jun 20:06 collapse

According to their forum the extensions are back online in Russia: discourse.mozilla.org/t/…/38