Europe prepares to break browser security with eIDAS 2.0
www.theregister.com
EFF warns incoming rules may return web 'to the dark ages of 2011'

Archived version: https://archive.ph/nH73q
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  • sovietknuckles [they/them]
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    1 year ago

    But one of the requirements of eIDAS 2.0 is that browser makers trust government-approved Certificate Authorities (CA) and do not implement security controls beyond those specified by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).

    State-mandated backdoors seem bad

    • Boomkop3@reddthat.com
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      1 year ago

      I'm kinda disappointed this is happening again. Certificate authorities just say "this person is who they say they are". They can't reroute traffic, trick you into connecting to the wrong ip, or decrypt traffic