Banning geoblocking - based
Forcing websites to be transparent about cookies - based
Forcing websites to apply proper data security - based
Forcing Apple to use usb c - based
Ending end to end encryption - fucking clowns
Ending streaming service geoblocking - back on track, hopefully?
93what those posts have in common is that they're both about EU attempts to reduce the power of US tech companies. (In the first they're reducing those companies' power to violate privacy, and in the second they're reducing their power to protect it.)
39Nobody spies on our citizens but us
19The second one makes no sense to me
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Yeah someone has to (verbally of course) beat the crap out of the people constantly wanting to destroy democracy and privacy...
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19eIDAS has been through the trilogues unfortunately, so the Commission, Council and Parliament have reached agreement about it, pending final approval.
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The EU is the ultimate centrist. They can be people-friendly, but also corporate-friendly. They're accused of being a neoliberal for a good reason.
11That constant range from pro consumer & privacy friendly to getting wet of having their own surveillance state is pretty bipolar though. I know there's a lot of politicians & member states that make up the EU apparatus but it's still weird to see and I really wish the EU would fully embrace the former as there's really enough intrusive big state entities like that already.
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A quick google finds me a government website explaining eidas and what it's for. By that, I know it's not behind closed doors or undisclosed, nor requiring compromised certificates.
With a quick google, you might find the same. The eu's website, are a reliable source for information about the EU I think
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5That's a lot, I'll have a better look this afternoon. Here's my government's website on this feature
3reading further, (summarising) the change is to no longer exclusively trust parties like Google to rule who is and isn't considered trusted online and instead delegates this to EU member states. This does not affect the use of encryption, or a safe dns provider. No worries about your data being recorded.
However, it does stop large organizations like google and Mozilla from abusing their position of authority to harm competitors availability and trust online
-1also, last-chance-for appears to be from mozilla and worried about article 45. I can recommend reading it for yourself. If there is one thing I learned in recent years its that orgs funded 95% by google might not be the most trustworthy when talking about internet regulations. So I suggest to not take mozilla by their word, cuz without google funding they're dead
here is the legal text if you'd like to read
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv%3AOJ.L_.2014.257.01.0073.01.ENG
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By that, I know it’s not behind closed doors or undisclosed, nor requiring compromised certificates.
I don't know how you reached that second conclusion from the fact that there's a government website, but as https://last-chance-for-eidas.org/ mentions, it was hidden in plain sight, in that eIDAS wasn't hidden, but the specific consequences were:
Although the deal itself was publicly announced in late June, the announcement doesn’t even mention website certificates, let alone these new provisions. This has made it extremely difficult for civil society, academics and the general public to scrutinize or even be aware of the laws their representatives have signed off on in private meetings.
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