if the EU passes eIDAS 2.0 (article 45), we will be rolling back the clock to Netscape Navigator Export Edition, a reference that approximately 1% of my audience will understand.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/11/article-45-will-roll-back-web-security-12-years

Article 45 Will Roll Back Web Security by 12 Years

The EU is poised to pass a sweeping new regulation, eIDAS 2.0. Buried deep in the text is Article 45, which returns us to the dark ages of 2011, when certificate authorities (CAs) could collaborate with governments to spy on encrypted traffic—and get away with it. Article 45 forbids browsers from...

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@april I'm guessing this is something people can work around with a VPN? Still, very strange.
@markstoneman not sure what the final outcome would be, but I wouldn't be surprised to see an "EU browser" that allows these government CAs, and a non-EU version, that blocks them.