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Re:UK Threatens End-to-End Encryption by andromeduck on Monday April 24, 2023 @10:22AM (#35688010)
but there are multiple roots
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Re:UK Threatens End-to-End Encryption by swexbe on Monday April 24, 2023 @10:52AM (#35688363)
There are also multiple countries
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Re:UK Threatens End-to-End Encryption by andromeduck on Monday April 24, 2023 @02:33PM (#35691344)
Escrow compromise as described has a iserial systems failure probability wheres today with root keyts it's parallel. That's weakest link vs isolated/partitioned.

CAs have been nuked on occasion without much fanfare to everyday users.

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Re:UK Threatens End-to-End Encryption by swexbe on Monday April 24, 2023 @03:09PM (#35691782)
You could theoretically set up multiple competing government agencies, each with their own root key. That would deal even with organisational risk.
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