Re:Twitter devalued its top status symbol and what it can do...
by manuelabeledo on Thursday April 06, 2023 @03:11PM
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> The blue check is like the https padlock. People mistakenly think that it implies security, which it doesn't.
It sure does.
For instance, you cannot make a secure request to a domain that is using a different name from the one in the TLS certificate it is serving, e.g. a domain like "gobble.com" serving a certificate issued for "google.com", will be seen as insecure.
Same could have happened with the blue check. Now it is meaningless.
It sure does.
For instance, you cannot make a secure request to a domain that is using a different name from the one in the TLS certificate it is serving, e.g. a domain like "gobble.com" serving a certificate issued for "google.com", will be seen as insecure.
Same could have happened with the blue check. Now it is meaningless.