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If they have any contributors within the territory I think there is reason to be concerned for their long term safety. The original capitulation may have to been to have time to check.

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yeah Putin's totally gonna throw some Firefox contributors out a window because of a checks notes browser extension

Don't know about windows, but they have jailed people for as much as liking a social media post.

Or holding up a blank piece of paper.

Or holding up an imaginary piece of paper (I'm serious, look it up)

It's absolutely comical https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW3W_lYO4DY

Going off reporting, it's not as far-fetched as you're suggesting.

I mean, why not? Terrifies people and he has no negative repercussions.

Is this your first time encountering an authoritarian regime? This would not be unexpected, surprising or out of the ordinary.

I hate to break it to you, but yeah. There are, sadly, many countries in the world that rely on petty and punitive action on harmless things online in order to frighten would-be "troublemakers".

It's not just Russia, either. The UK does this almost three times as often.

> yeah Putin's totally gonna throw some Firefox contributors out a window because of a checks notes browser extension

Putin routinely throws people in Gulags for much less than that.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/brittney-griner-putin-pa...

Putin personally won't. Local police bureaucrat angling for a promotion and needing +1 in his "serious crimes solved" very well might. There are a lot of people in Russia being prosecuted for social media posts and expressing dissent, somebody helping with circumventing censorship is an even more juicy target.

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