Good to hear. A useful blow against censorship. I might have to use it myself one day if Google get shirty with this blog
"The open-source Mozilla project said Thursday it won't comply with a U.S. Department of Homeland Security request to remove a Firefox add-on that helps redirect Web traffic for sites that have been seized by the government.
At issue is the Mafiaa Fire add-on, designed to reduce the effectiveness of an antipiracy campaign by DHS's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) division. When users try to visit a website whose Internet domain has been seized by ICE, Mafiaa Fire redirects them to a working site set up to replace the seized domain."
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How is this add-in a violation of DHS? It's like someone giving you an address to a business. You go to the address and find that it's been shut down. Posted nearby is a flier with the address of another business providing similar services or to where the old business moved.
Heck, all it's really doing is providing the government with a viable and usable trail. It's like free intelligence gathering.
Doesn't the US Postal Service provide a similar service in regards to snail mail? Does DHS know? ;)
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