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An interesting snippet from the Python backend:

  # We're not supposed to show downloads for these countries (607127#c10):
  # Cuba, Iran, Syria, N. Korea, Myanmar, Sudan. Go figure.
  REDACTED = ('CU', 'IR', 'SY', 'KP', 'MM', 'SD')
From https://github.com/jbalogh/glow/blob/master/glow.py


Access to that particular bug ID is blocked:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=607127


Didn't Mozilla get a special exemption from the US government to allow them to export their crypto ("arms") to those countries? I don't see why they would try to hide the fact that they are allowing downloads from those countries.





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