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By giving the President the power to ban websites, not just apps, it opens up a whole new can of worms.

Instead of targeting foreign adversaries directly, the law holds US (or offshore) internet hosting services and app stores responsible for any breaches in security or privacy.

This is a Trojan horse that could lead to censorship and control over what people access online.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, it would be the same as getting around the firewall in China.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago

One of these days I need to figure out how to connect clients to the WireGuard appliance I set up on my VM host

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Does this mean the US will stop complaining abput thier firewall

[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago

Nah, they'll just bran US firewall as the freedom wall.