Mozilla publishes position paper on the EU Digital Identity Framework

Re:Mozilla publishes position paper on the EU Digital Identi... by Mindwipe on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @11:40AM (#29255307)

> I wasn't aware the EU had such authority to decide how programs on a users private computer must behave.

Why not? They publish directives that result in criminal law in member states all the time.

A directive is published, member states are obligated to turn that into domestic legislation, and yes, ultimately a state can criminalise lots of things if it wants to.

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Re:Mozilla publishes position paper on the EU Digital Identi... by chuckee on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @11:56AM (#29255539)

> such authority

Key word "such". Prescribing which certificates I am obligated to trust is many many steps beyond e.g. banning DRM circumvention (which is itself a step too far IMO).

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Re:Mozilla publishes position paper on the EU Digital Identi... by Jensson on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @02:07PM (#29257433)

Likely it only applies to software you ship to users in EU, not software you use yourself even if you are in EU.

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