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floofloof@lemmy.ca to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago

Article 45 Will Roll Back Web Security by 12 Years

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Article 45 Will Roll Back Web Security by 12 Years

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floofloof@lemmy.ca to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago
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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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    Some hacking is ethical…

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      In fact most hacking is ethical. The public just doesn’t hear about it.

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      Tell that politicians xD

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        Someone was prosecuted for hacking bc they hit F12. Lmao, never gonna get over that.

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          I know that story, sad and funny altogether: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/12/missouri-planned-to-thank-security-journalist-before-governor-called-him-a-hacker/

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            Ah, looks like he was never prosecuted after all, but the whole situation was still a horrible mess.

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              Thats an older source, saw some newer on reddit last week. Try to find it. But nothing happened to our hacking hero xD

              “newer”: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/02/missouri-governor-rebuffed-journalist-wont-be-prosecuted-for-viewing-html/

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