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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    1 year ago

    I’m not saying they are definitely not stupid enough to try it but they would only be able to do it once.

    They will the be caught and they will do it again and again. Normies they don’t give a fuck about privacy or certificates.