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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. (www.theverge.com)
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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.

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[–] TheEighthDoctor 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How would ssl work if you ban encryption?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.