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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-in-the-middle_attack
If the CA's are doing their jobs...then FirstBank.com can get a cert for their web site. But the gang who rooted a bunch of home routers (or hacked a WiFi setup, or whatever) can't.
If not...then yeah, that's the problem.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man-in-the-middle_attack
If the CA's are doing their jobs...then FirstBank.com can get a cert for their web site. But the gang who rooted a bunch of home routers (or hacked a WiFi setup, or whatever) can't.
If not...then yeah, that's the problem.