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Correct me if I'm wrong, but this plugin just removes stuff that the site puts over the content to restrict it. It doesn't fool the site into sending the content to the user's computer; it's already done that. Am I wrong in this?

IMO, there needs to be shift in understanding. They sent their information to my computer. Whatever I do with what they sent is my business, not theirs. It's on my computer. And yet they want it to stop.

IMO, if you want it to stop, don't be lazy; don't send it in the first place.

Then a bypass might have CFAA behind it.

These are the same people who want to use my bandwidth and CPU capacity to track me everywhere I go on the web. If they can make legal claims about what I do with the information they send to my computer, I should be able to make legal claims for them using my own computer against me without my consent.

Of course, I'm also more than a little drunk at the moment, so what do I know?

parent floating-io 2 years ago

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