Just a heads up: new wording has killed this.
this post was submitted on 10 Nov 2023
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Surely they can't force say US browser companies to do this to browsers downloaded from the USA?
Seems great, if they achieve the same security standards as a private company I don't see why we cannot have public CAs.
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As opposed to certificate authorities appointed by a small number of multinational companies. Sheesh, EFF is getting PETA levels of ridiculous, and people will buy it up because they don't know how the web works.
Yes, they will be able to intercept communication - if you are browsing the government website the certificates are designed for. This just seems like a law to help governments avoid having to pay exorbitant fees or requiring a risky and beyond most people's ability to install custom CAs for their own government websites. Really losing trust on EFF on this ..
That's some bullshit.