Re:Kazakhstan to MitM all HTTPS traffic starting Jan 1
by asymmetric on Wednesday December 02, 2015 @10:02PM
(#10667463)
Down-right demand? With what authority? It sounds like you're confusing these corporations for governments, as if they had to enforce your human rights..
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Re:Kazakhstan to MitM all HTTPS traffic starting Jan 1
by patcheudor on Wednesday December 02, 2015 @10:55PM
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The authority of the free market. Did web PKI develop because of governments? No. In fact, quite the contrary. Similarly, if consumers are educated and aware of the weaknesses of current cryptography controls in light of new threats such as governments requiring the installation of their own root CA so they can middle the connection, maybe they'll drive demand for better controls, controls which already exist.
Re:Kazakhstan to MitM all HTTPS traffic starting Jan 1
by pmlnr on Thursday December 03, 2015 @05:44AM
(#10668903)
> The authority of the free market
That only works in some areas of the world, where a, there is a somewhat free market; b, the free market idea exists in the first place.
As always, like in Perl, there are other ways of doing things; free market is not a universal law.
Re:Kazakhstan to MitM all HTTPS traffic starting Jan 1
by Beltiras on Thursday December 03, 2015 @02:07AM
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Consumers want their kitten videos. They would only view the dialog as an error message, something to get rid of.
Re:Kazakhstan to MitM all HTTPS traffic starting Jan 1
by purplerabbit on Wednesday December 02, 2015 @11:45PM
(#10667803)
Authority is a self-made concept, and governments are just a type of corporation. Of course neither "has" to enforce your human rights, but if these corporations stood up for the people it would be good for everyone involved.
Re:Kazakhstan to MitM all HTTPS traffic starting Jan 1
by mentat on Thursday December 03, 2015 @08:52AM
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Rights exist, they cannot be enforced they can only be violated.