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Re:The European Union is updating its electronic signature laws by Loic on Friday July 01, 2016 @03:23AM (#12014404)
eIDAS has different levels of trust and a service (from a country or company) can require a high level of trust to perform an operation, for example using a smartcard.

For German speaking people, you have some pretty well put together documentation on the new eIDAS directives here: https://www.bsi.bund.de/DE/Themen/DigitaleGesellschaft/eIDAS...

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Re:The European Union is updating its electronic signature laws by cleeus on Friday July 01, 2016 @07:24AM (#12015175)
I didn't read anything about the notion of trust levels in the directives text. Can you point me to the law?

As far as I can see, any signature that is/appears to be qualified (regardless how it came to life) is considered equal to a signature under notary oversight (at least in germany) and shifts the burden of proof. This is heavy!

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