Why “eidas” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
This is exactly the way its being implemented in EU (Yes, this person is over 18"). European Digital Identity Wallet (EUDI Wallet) framework established under the eIDAS 2.0 regu…
by vincnetas · Sep 2, 2026
>I recognize that Russia is making this change for MitM spying Not really, banks do this. FSB would love to spy on everyone of course, but all was working fine until the CAs sta…
by orbital-decay · Aug 3, 2026
EU already does this with the eIDAS system and it works quite well.
by ranger_danger · Jul 30, 2026
See eIDAS annexes I to III: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A... Certificates must be issued by qualified trust service…
by layer8 · Jul 27, 2026
It's up to your bank actually. Banks (generally) don't want to pay for your hardware key so you need to do a special dance to trigger their compliance bound neural pathways to s…
by Muromec · Jul 27, 2026
> Firefox now verifies and displays Qualified Website Authentication Certificates (QWACs) in accordance with eIDAS regulations. Interesting that they just buried this in the mid…
by crote · Jul 20, 2026
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