Nonetheless, experts expect the final agreement to be revealed by the end of March as the Parliament is pushing to close all the open legislative processes before the upcoming European elections scheduled in June.
So basically, the law’s unlikely to change much before being pushed to vote, which considering how stupid it is, it’s likely to be outright rejected like Chat Control by the Parliement.
Still, it’s good to raise awareness on the issue.
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What would be the best way to oppose / vote against this law proposition?
Think I can answer my own question.
Through this site of Mozilla:
https://last-chance-for-eidas.org/I stumbled upon this open letter:
https://eidas-open-letter.org/At the bottom of the letter there’s a link to this form,
which I’ve signed (1. Honorific “Developer”, 2. Institution “Independant”) to join the opposition:
https://pads.c3w.at/form/#/2/form/view/mc8X+BfJrv5J-y5Z3LfONA4mpLmD7owmnWizzoikNTw/
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No, that was different. eIDAS is certificate based - those that care will just use a VPN to download a non-EU compliant browser build and only surf with the VPN on. At least that’s my plan.
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But it’s not spyware. The eIDAS law proposes that governments can insert certificates that spoof the originator. A subtle difference.
I really hope Mozilla don’t comply
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No… That’s spyware with less steps… Theres no cracking, hacking, Trojans etc. involved at all, it’s a direct and straightforward addition of the spyware under color of the states authority.
Still weakening encryption standards.
It would force the inclusion of a “trusted root” into browsers & OSs with the purpose of allowing government entities to spoof certificates. As certificate pinning is becoming mainstream, I would assume it’ll require browser & app vendors to weaken those controls too.
You’d hope ECHR’s prior ruling would block this too. For the exact same rationale.
What would be a non-EU compliant browser?
I’m expecting browser companies to offer EU citizens a browser with the eIDAS cert acceptance baked in but outside the EU as they are now
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