“the European Union (EU) proposed an amendment to the Electronic Identification, Authentication and Trust Services (eIDAS) Regulation that would change provisions related to Qualified Website Authentication Certificates (QWACs). The proposal could empower governments to compel browsers to validate specific Certificate Authorities (CAs) that may or may not comply with industry best practices for ensuring security online”

https://www.internetsociety.org/resources/doc/2021/internet-impact-brief-mandated-browser-root-certificates-in-the-eu-eidas-regulation/

@movq@www.uninformativ.de time to write your own browser? Or at least a fork maintained outside the EU?

@movq@www.uninformativ.de time to write your own browser? Or at least a fork maintained outside the EU?

da hell?! what’s going on here?

@movq@www.uninformativ.de Is it really that hard though? Like WebKit is all you need no?

@movq@www.uninformativ.de What about browsers like umm Ungoogled Chromium or Iridium? 🤔