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Re:Show HN: CryptoNote is an open source, encrypted, one tim... by mindcrime on Friday June 07, 2013 @03:51PM (#5841225)
but it would nevertheless be very difficult to obtain such a certificate.

Not if you're the government. Just send the root CA a "National Security Letter" and bob's yer uncle.

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Re:Show HN: CryptoNote is an open source, encrypted, one tim... by uh_oh on Friday June 07, 2013 @04:35PM (#5841617)
We were are talking about a random guy in front of the house, not the government.
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Re:Show HN: CryptoNote is an open source, encrypted, one tim... by mindcrime on Friday June 07, 2013 @04:40PM (#5841658)
But the set of "random guys" who might appear in front of your house includes potential government agents.
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Re:Show HN: CryptoNote is an open source, encrypted, one tim... by lmm on Friday June 07, 2013 @05:55PM (#5842224)
No, they're nonrandom. And more to the point, it's worth defending against some threats even if you can't cover all.
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