Archive: November, 2022

Buggy Law 8: eIDAS as Software Engineering

Can legislation have bugs? In a series of posts we have examined eIDAS, the EU law that controls online identification and online signatures for the public sector in EU states. If this legislation is viewed as a software development project – how does it measure up against the state of the art in software engineering?
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Buggy Law 7: eIDAS Urgent Amendments

Can legislation have bugs? That is, can it contain “errors or imperfections that reduce reliability, performance, or user experience” – just like bugs do in computer software? In a series of posts we have examined eIDAS, the EU law that controls online identification and online signatures for the public sector in all EU states. It is time for some action.
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