YouTube’s ad blocking crackdown is facing a new challenge: privacy laws | Privacy advocates argue YouTube’s ad blocker restrictions violate the European Union’s online privacy laws.::YouTube is launching a “global effort” to crack down on ad blockers, but some privacy advocates in the European Union argue that it’s illegal.

      • AMillionNames@sh.itjust.works
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        In the US there was a period of time where it was illegal to export encryption above a certain level, so in a way it has already happened. Dumb has never stopped governments before.

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          8 months ago

          Friend of mine back then bought the T-shirt 😁

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            There was a proposal to have webbrowsers have to accept government certificates. Consequently they could man-in-the-middle/take over domains.

            You could argue it’s no different from another central authority that can issue trusted certificates. But it’s government’s rather than independent orgs.

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        I mean… they literally try to fuck up the internet every few years. Eventually they’ll get someth8ng through.