Part 1 of 2: Dear Ryan,
A fair and transparent public discussion requires full disclosure of each participant's motivations and ultimate agenda. Whether in CABForum, or Mozilla-dev-security-policy, I represent the viewpoints of my employer DarkMatter and passionately believe in our unflagging efforts to provide the citizens, residents and visitors to the United Arab Emirates with the same internet security and privacy protections that are taken for granted in other parts of the world. On Wednesday, March 6, 2019 7:51 PM, Ryan Sleevi wrote: > (Writing in a personal capacity) Until such time as we have been formally advised by your employer (Google), that you no longer represent their views in CABForum, or in this Mozilla-dev-security-policy forum, we will proceed on the basis that all of your statements are the official viewpoint of your employer (Google). > I highlight this, because given the inherently global nature of the > Internet, there is no technical need to work with local CAs, and, > with a well-run root store, all CAs provide an equivalent level of > protection and security, which rests in the domain authorization We reject your paternalistic view that there is no technical need for a local United Arab Emirates CA. Our own research has determined that approximately 68% of the websites in the United Arab Emirates are not adequately protected for HTTPS traffic (double the global average). If those incumbent CA monopolies that you champion were doing such a great job globally - why such a stark difference? We are of the view that CA monopolies are inherently bad for the internet in that they unfairly exploit market power. The result is a fundamental right to Internet security and privacy being deliberately priced out of reach for a significant population of the world. We ask you, what can be more an anti-competitive monopoly than a "well run store" (read Google/Mozilla) that does not take into consideration that sovereign nations have the fundamental right to provide digital services to their own citizens, utilizing their own national root, without being held hostage by a provider situated in another nation. You should note that DarkMatter's request is also for the inclusion of UAE's national root. Benjamin Gabriel General Counsel Dark Matter Group Benjamin Gabriel | General Counsel & SVP Legal Tel: +971 2 417 1417 | Mob: +971 55 260 7410 benjamin.gabr...@darkmatter.ae The information transmitted, including attachments, is intended only for the person(s) or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy any copies of this information. _______________________________________________ dev-security-policy mailing list dev-security-policy@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-security-policy
