Mozilla resists removing Firefox tool

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Mozilla resists removing Firefox tool

Mozilla, the non-profit developer of the Firefox Web browser, is holding off on complying with a government request to remove a software tool meant to circumvent federal efforts at curbing Internet piracy.

 

[Bismuth]

...Anderson said Mozilla complies with legal mandates, but hasn't received any court order, and the DHS hasn't responded to Mozilla's questions. The order raises questions about when companies should agree to government censorship requests, Anderson said in a blog post Thursday....

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This tells me the DHS doesn't have much to go on, or even a leg to stand on. I mean, if they had the order, surely that's what they would have started with, not just a request?.

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[LazyLion]

Users will always just switch to a browser that does not have the anti-piracy tool built in.

And yes, there will always be one browser that does not bow to them.

It's an incredibly dumb idea.

 

[zeyad 001]

Just More Internet CensorShip.

 

[auriga1000]

there must a tool in government that thought this up.

 

[milomak]

so what does this add-on do exactly?

 

[Dimpie (JIGSAW)]

so what does this add-on do exactly?

read here > http://mafiaafire.com/wall-of-text.php

 

[stricken]

pointless.

 

[zamicro]

Good for Mozilla. The problem for the government will be that they might stop this one add-on, but another will pop up and another and so on.

 

[Jaco-Visser]

Firefox is so much better than IE as it never have a error on a page

 

[Nefertiti]

so what does this add-on do exactly?

ICE (some government body in the US) just takes down sites. Anysite suspected of having kiddy porn, counterfeit goods etc gets taken down. However sites arent validated for actual infringing content before doing so. ICE took down the mooo domain and it had about 80000 or so hosted sites under the domain, and visiters got a nice kiddy porn notice. THe only way for people to access their website was by using the tool mentioned above. As part of ICE's takedowns, there is no recourse for affected parties either. I actually wonder if some of the users from Mooo are going to sue the governemnt? I can only think what affect it must have if you are a legit small business and suddenly you have a kiddy porn notice on your website, not great for reputation.

 

[wiggwire]

My guess is a little man still living his mom is behind this point less notion

 

[KleinBoontjie]

The only use there is for IE is to download Firefox.

 

[smileyblue]

lets hope they keep on ignoring the order and we keep our privacy.

 

[crashdan]

Just leave firefox alone, or we will use something else

 

[NetDude]

I think Mozilla is fighting a losing battle. What Governments wants Governments wants...!!

 

[bilal786]

Just leave firefox alone, or we will use something else

true

 

[robertybob]

FIREFOX FTW

People will always find ways around their protection efforts. They need to get smarter and adapt to new methods of content distribution and income generation

-RB

 

[mayurh]

firefox is an awesome browser.hope they sort this out .