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Last Chance to fix eIDAS: Secret EU law threatens Internet security — Mozilla (last-chance-for-eidas.org)

submitted 2 years ago by Masimatutu@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Lojcs@lemm.ee 52 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I'm so sick of being stressed about the same thing over and over again. There needs to be a large scale investigation on the people that keeps trying to push this. I'm shocked there isn't a constant media outrage to match these attacks. And I don't hear anybody talking of codifying encryption integrity neither. It's always just privacy experts discovering such attacks at the last minute seemingly by chance and trying to rally people against it in time. Does nobody in positions of power who care to stop these?

[–] zzzzz@beehaw.org 19 points 2 years ago

I'm shocked there isn't a constant media outrage

The media is generally owned by very wealthy people and, as a result, reports in ways that benefit the rich and powerful. Centralization of media is very bad for democracy.

[–] Gutless2615@ttrpg.network 5 points 2 years ago

My dude the Crypto wars get wheeled out again every few years and has for decades at this point. It’s so tiring.

[+] pragmakist@kbin.social -9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I haven't had a chance to check anything yet, but given who (Mozilla) is reacting and how, I suspect this is just another case of EU authorities acting to protect their citizens from (American) corporate abuse

[–] Spotlight7573@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

How is giving any EU state the ability to be a certificate authority in your browser for issing a certificate for any site, without them needing to follow the rules the browser vendors have for what makes an authority trustworthy, with no option to disable them or add additional checks to their validity, "protecting their citizens from (American) corporate abuse"?

From the Mozilla post:

Any EU member state has the ability to designate cryptographic keys for distribution in web browsers and browsers are forbidden from revoking trust in these keys without government permission.

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There is no independent check or balance on the decisions made by member states with respect to the keys they authorize and the use they put them to.

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The text goes on to ban browsers from applying security checks to these EU keys and certificates except those pre-approved by the EU’s IT standards body - ETSI.

[–] Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

I suppose a non-compliant browser will need to be build if this comes to pass.

[–] Asudox@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It seems like EU has two groups - one which wants to have mass surveillance and one which tries to protect privacy.

[–] Masimatutu@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

I like to compare the EU to an overprotective parent -- on the one hand, they want to protect us from all external threats, but at the same time, they want to know all about us and control us.