Last Chance to fix eIDAS: Secret EU law threatens Internet security

Over 300 cyber security experts, researchers and NGOs sign an open letter sounding the alarm

After years of legislative process, the near-final text of the eIDAS regulation has been agreed by trialogue negotiators1 representing EU’s key bodies and will be presented to the public and parliament for a rubber stamp before the end of the year. New legislative articles, introduced in recent closed-door meetings and not yet public, envision that all web browsers distributed in Europe will be required to …

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