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EU eIDAS: VPNs won't protect Europeans privacy if law passes, experts warn


Greater surveillance and censorship may soon arrive in Europe

The law aims to do two things: changing how web browsers deal with security and website authentication while launching an identification app (EU ID Wallet) for all Europeans. As computer engineer and professor at EPFL Carmela Troncoso explained, the law will give EU states the right to issue these proofs of trust which web browsers will have to accept as truthful. Nonetheless, experts expect the final agreement to be revealed by the end of March as the Parliament is pushing to close all the open legislative processes before the upcoming European elections scheduled in June.

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