Re: [Opensc-devel] SKS/KeyGen2 for Linux

[Jean-Michel P. - G. <jm...@go...>]

Le lundi 26 août 2013 à 11:27 +0200, Anders Rundgren a écrit :
> Even the traditionalists have waken up:
> http://www.w3.org/wiki/images/6/6f/SysApp_-_Secure_Element_API_-_intro.pdf
> It will be fun! 

I see your point and agree that SKS/KeyGen2 is user and business
friendly. So everyone is pushing in the same direction, even if not
perfectly legal, with the same moto: "we are not aware of local laws".

So what?

It is very usual for me to order on Google Play, eBay or Amazon and
receive the goods the next day with an invoice in Ireland or Luxemburg
with little or no VAT. The French government is loosing billions in
revenues every years and does not really complains, other than words
like "we don't agree". Therefore, those companies have a tendency to
believe that everything they do is perfectly legal and their users also
believe that if those companies behave like that, it is legal. IMHO, it
is could be interesting for those companies to have more and more
crypto, on the fly, with no control around taxes. 

To make a comparison, as a kid, there used to be a No-cross sign on a
rather high speed road, in my home-town . Everyone used to cross in
front of that No-cross sign, simply because it was pretty convenient to
reach the railway station. So many people crossed that pavement was
wearing off. In the end, 3 or 4 years later, authorities installed a
public crossing.

On the converse, when individuals and states loose power and money, this
might not always stay "as-if". As an individual, I am quite concerned
how our money is spent in schools, universities, public services and
event defense, in France, not in Luxemburg or Ireland.

IMHO, this is the real picture behind this project.

Kind regards,
-- 
                  Jean-Michel Pouré - Gooze - http://www.gooze.eu