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Mozilla warns Germany could soon declare ad blockers illegal (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
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[–] tal@lemmy.today 29 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

This is grounded in the assertion that a website’s HTML/CSS is a protected computer program that an ad blocker intervenes in the in-memory execution structures (DOM, CSSOM, rendering tree), this constituting unlawful reproduction and modification.

“There are many reasons, in addition to ad blocking, that users might want their browser or a browser extension to alter a webpage,” Nazer says, explaining that some causes could stem from the need "to improve accessibility, to evaluate accessibility, or to protect privacy."

Stylus and Greasemonkey would presumably violate that, for example.

[–] De_Narm@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago

Not even that, it would technically outlaw developer tools. Your browser allows you to freely edit the DOM at any point.

[–] sexy_peach@feddit.org 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Swatted for not viewing e-mail with remote content enabled

[–] 30p87@feddit.org 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Not unrealistic. You can easily get swatted for having mildly left takes and publishing them in the wrong form/media, or calling a politician "1 pecker".

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