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Kinda surprising how much power the EU can exert on tech companies.. and the rest of the world. But now we get one of my favorite classes of vulnerabilities: data format interoperability. Where every vendor implements things to specs, but the specs aren’t clear cut. Anyways, EU sure is asking a lot these days, and these companies are happy to oblige

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Can you elaborate on why you think the EU is asking a lot?

I think we are in this phase where we realise that we are increasingly dependent on infrastructure and that we need to regulate it in order for it to be in line with the societal values.

This has happened several times before: Roads, train tracks, phone communications, etc. And it will probably continue on happening in the future.

In the same time we are also deregulating. As a consequence Postnord (postal service operating in Denmark and Sweden) has been relieved from obligations and regulations as we don't send too many letters more - they are more free to price themselves and can act in the market.

>Kinda surprising how much power the EU can exert on tech companies.

The EU represents one sixth of the global economy - why do you find its power surprising?

https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2024/facing-reality-in-the-e...

I'm always a little amused when someone who's presumably American gets upset about the concept of extraterritorial laws. The US gets to decide who every other country in the world is allowed to do business with (and they're dead serious about enforcing it, including arresting sanction breakers outside US soil), but other countries having laws that US companies must abide by? The audacity!

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