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Re:The promise and paradox of decentralization by nonameiguess on Friday November 05, 2021 @04:05PM (#29124139)
Mozilla's latest bundle has 148 root CAs in it: https://ccadb-public.secure.force.com/mozilla/IncludedCACert...

So "decentralized" in the sense that there are more than one, but it's not some hierarchy-less free for all where anyone can attest to their own identity and trustworthiness and the network just automatically accepts that.

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Re:The promise and paradox of decentralization by jayd16 on Friday November 05, 2021 @04:11PM (#29124218)
Sure it is. You can easily create your own root CA and have others trust it.

I don't really understand the complaint because you literally can attest to your own trustworthiness through your own cert.

Having others trust you is a taller order. Obviously that isn't automatic.

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