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QWACS are untrustworthy because they can be issued by a CA that is not publicly audited.

But the way I understand it, a QWAC is an identity certificate, issued to users, not to websites. AIUI, websites are to be compelled to accept such user-certs in lieu of a password. Well, I don't see what that has to do with the contents of the root store - that controls the website identities that my browser will accept, not the user-identity that the website accepts.

I read the position paper, but not the regulation. I'd like to see a better explanation of the regulation.



QWACs are for web sites, not users. CAs have to be audited as a TSP in order to issue them and be approved by the member state.




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