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biscuitswalrus@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

They could be, but I assume say like an apple device won’t install a ccp root authority unconditionally. Huawei and xiamoi probably could be forced, but the browser too, like Chrome, Firefox and safari need to also accept the device certificates as trusted.

But the pressure in Europe would likely be to trade within Europe, you must comply.

It fundamentally destroys the whole trust of PKI if this did go ahead. We just need to hope it does not.

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throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

apple device won’t install a ccp root authority unconditionally

They already removed VPN apps from the Mainland China version of the Apple App Store. In capitalism, profits are above everything else. China is a very large market with 1.4 Billion people, I doubt Apple is gonna be willing to lose access to this market.

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