[noirscape]

Useful other side discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38187479

Important to note is that the main thing everyone is up in arms about, the TLS/HTTPS certificate stuff, already got adjusted after browser makers complained about it; browser makers aren't mandated to trust any certificates for internet traffic and DNS resolution. The only real problem left is QWACs in general being a part of the proposed legislation from what I can tell.

The rest of the bill seems more aimed at providing an easier authentication method to safely export private data. Could (hopefully) be good for dealing with KYC laws.

Digital stores obtain so much information to complain with those laws and it's a giant risk with things like the GDPR. As I understand it, under this law they could just store the absolute minimum (the reference ID for the centralized system in question) and if KYC laws are ever needed by the government, they can supply the ID rather than having to store a lot of Personal Information (which is a big issue with data breaches and the like being what they are.)

[jruohonen]

> The only real problem left is QWACs in general being a part of the proposed legislation from what I can tell.

See:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38189800