EU Article 45 requires that browsers trust certificate authorities appointed by governments - eviltoast

EU Article 45 requires that browsers trust certificate authorities appointed by governments::The EU is poised to pass a sweeping new regulation, eIDAS 2.0. Buried deep in the text is Article 45, which returns us to the dark ages of 2011, when certificate authorities (CAs) could collaborate with governments to spy on encrypted traffic—and get away with it. Article 45 forbids browsers from…

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    1 year ago

    Companies always have a name and money to lose and are a hurdle for overreaching hands.

    Doesn’t work.

    Government too have name, money and people to loose.

    The government has no reputation nor money

    Ok, in some sense they do not have money, but they definetly have reputation.