eIDAS is also a bad thing for privacy in my opinion because it's going to make it much easier for websites you request identification online. I believe identification should remain a barrier, the same way you don't ID yourself at every physical store you enter. eIDAS doesn't mandate this but it does prepare the technological foundations to do that online.
And it doesn't have much to do with PKI breaking, though it's nice that tangential link was removed, it's indeed good that that attempt was called out.
Removing the most objectionable content doesn't make it a good thing though.
And again this is a big business lobby championed by Thierry Breton. This is not something the voters asked for, it's something the industry wants.
And it doesn't have much to do with PKI breaking, though it's nice that tangential link was removed, it's indeed good that that attempt was called out.
Removing the most objectionable content doesn't make it a good thing though.
And again this is a big business lobby championed by Thierry Breton. This is not something the voters asked for, it's something the industry wants.