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Re:All of Oculus’s Rift headsets have stopped working due to... by gruez on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @08:47PM (#16541622)
>Which just means the expiration date is meaningless.

how so? it merely limits which dates you can sign code, after which the code you signed remain valid, but you can't sign any more code.

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Re:All of Oculus’s Rift headsets have stopped working due to... by wtallis on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @10:01PM (#16541945)
> it merely limits which dates you can sign code, after which the code you signed remain valid,

The whole problem here is that the code that was signed is not being treated as valid code beyond the expiration date.

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