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Re:Web browsers drop mysterious company with ties to U.S. mi... by jamincan on Thursday December 01, 2022 @02:09PM (#33821086)
Trust would seem to be the key word here. How can you trust an entity in one context when they have proven themselves untrustworthy in another?
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Re:Web browsers drop mysterious company with ties to U.S. mi... by Ajedi32 on Monday December 05, 2022 @11:38AM (#33867861)
> can you trust an entity in one context when they have proven themselves untrustworthy in another

We do that all the time. If, rather than TrustCor being associated with a company making malware we'd instead found out the company's CEO had cheated on his wife, would that be grounds for removing them from the root certificate store? Context matters.

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