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EU Article 45 requires that browsers trust certificate authorities appointed by governments (www.eff.org)

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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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[-] jman6495@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Just a heads up: new wording has killed this.

[-] tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.uk 1 points 1 year ago

No it hasn't, not even slightly.

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[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

That's some bullshit.

[-] vimdiesel@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Surely they can't force say US browser companies to do this to browsers downloaded from the USA?

[-] daniskarma@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Seems great, if they achieve the same security standards as a private company I don't see why we cannot have public CAs.

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