Tell HN: Sci-Hub's TLS certificate has started failing

Re:Tell HN: Sci-Hub's TLS certificate has started failing by userbinator on Sunday April 29, 2018 @03:43PM (#16953560)

but we'll never be in a world where the average person understands PKI

2000 years ago: "we'll never be in a world where the average person can read and write English"

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Re:Tell HN: Sci-Hub's TLS certificate has started failing by staticassertion on Sunday April 29, 2018 @05:01PM (#16953896)

I think my point stands even with a loose definition of 'never'.

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Re:Tell HN: Sci-Hub's TLS certificate has started failing by chickenfries on Sunday April 29, 2018 @06:41PM (#16954318)

Yes, apparently all we need to do is wait 2000 years for people to understand PKI.

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Re:Tell HN: Sci-Hub's TLS certificate has started failing by yzmtf2008 on Sunday April 29, 2018 @05:59PM (#16954143)

Then let's re-evaluate the situation in 2000 years. Until then, PKI is still useful without the average person understands it. Just like how languages are useful without everyone understanding it.

I doubt this is even the point of GP.

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