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Will my email client using SMIME have to implement this? Seems kind of ridiculous. Seems to be targeting platforms. Will it be illegal to send encrypted texts,
by riedel 2y ago
Will my email client using SMIME have to implement this? Seems kind of ridiculous.
Seems to be targeting platforms. Will it be illegal to send encrypted texts, what is keeping anyone from using crypto on top of existing messaging?
While I do not want to dive into any details on adverse effects of such stupidities, the EU seems to be actually taking a strange road to tech dependent overengineered regulation. It seems that this mostly driven by lobbyists that want to sell compliance services. Also it seems that there is more value in creating regulation rather than making sure it is enforcible.
- DEADMINCE 2y ago> Will my email client using SMIME have to implement this? Seems kind of ridiculous. Seems about right for the EU.
- xorcist 2y agoIf you are in the business of selling SMIME clients as a service to other people, then yes, you would need to implement this if the law passes. Maybe there's an unintended upside to all this regressive business legislation. With all the focus on the "platforms", then maybe, just maybe, this will be yet another nail among the thousands of nails needed to finally kill them off.
- riedel 2y agoSignal is not selling anything. So my guess is that distribution is enough. So my guess this would also apply to e.g. Thunderbird then.