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Re:27-year-old Apple iBooks can connect to Wi-Fi and downloa... by grishka on Thursday February 19, 2026 @11:51AM (#47075864)
Of course they do, they have to. But it's okay for things that are sent to you over the network to expire. It's not okay for things built into your potentially abandoned OS to expire.
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Re:27-year-old Apple iBooks can connect to Wi-Fi and downloa... by snowwrestler on Friday February 20, 2026 @12:33AM (#47084183)
> Of course they do, they have to.

Why do they have to?

(This will also tell you why certs in your OS need to expire.)

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Re:27-year-old Apple iBooks can connect to Wi-Fi and downloa... by grishka on Friday February 20, 2026 @01:01AM (#47084326)
Because domains change owners.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47074127

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Re:27-year-old Apple iBooks can connect to Wi-Fi and downloa... by snowwrestler on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @06:21PM (#47144932)
More specifically: because they cannot be revoked, they need to expire. Same with root certs.
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