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EU Article 45 requires that browsers trust certificate authorities appointed by governments (www.eff.org)
submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology
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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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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Commercial CAs are not that better either

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Companies always have a name and money to lose and are a hurdle for overreaching hands. The government has no reputation nor money to lose and a simple agreement opens all doors if it's already government owned. A big difference to me personally.

The government should only ever own things that would fail or be worse, if in public hands. Like infrastructure for instance.

[–] themurphy 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Absolutely don't agree that companies are more trustworthy than governments.

My guess is that you have an awful government in your home country, but not here. And yes that could change, but they are at least voteable.

Companies are NEVER your friend.

[–] uis 1 points 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.