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Re:“We plan to hide ‘https’ scheme and subdomain ‘www’ in Ch... by pilsetnieks on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @05:30AM (#20572831)
There are certificate authorities all over the world, and many of them not in jurisdictions that would share data with your law enforcement.
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Re:“We plan to hide ‘https’ scheme and subdomain ‘www’ in Ch... by logifail on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @09:15AM (#20574149)
Q1: What kinds of serious crimes involve law inforcement needing to chase up who's behind the purchase of a SSL certificate, anyway?

Q2: Can't the bad guys just buy a pre-paid debit card with cash if they're that desperate to cover their tracks?

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