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Firefox Browser Blocks Anti-Censorship Add-Ons at Russia’s Request (theintercept.com)
submitted 5 months ago by VITecNet@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] themurphy@lemmy.ml 16 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

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 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] HeadfullofSoup@kbin.earth 1 points 5 months ago

Forgot also about lot of suicide by shot behind the head

[–] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 1 points 5 months ago

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