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Re:SOPA sponsors return: "think of the children" by ahelwer on Sunday January 22, 2012 @12:59PM (#3497148)
This is the purpose of certificates.
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Re:SOPA sponsors return: "think of the children" by HoLyVieR on Sunday January 22, 2012 @01:05PM (#3497167)
The thing with certificate is that you have to trust that the certificate authorities won't sell (or give) fake certificate to ISP or government. If they do so, the ISP can MITM you.
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