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by sshine 961 days ago
It’s either laws or market forces, both have drawbacks.

While eIDAS seems like a great idea to coerce member states into adopting a common standard, it just also happens to sneak EU-centralist ideology in, and total digital surveillance is the 0th application of that ideology.

The big catch with EU is: once you opt in, opting out is very difficult.