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Re:Opportunistic Security for HTTP by tptacek on Sunday November 02, 2014 @05:32PM (#8548370)
Because they would be sued by the huge companies that already run CAs.
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Re:Opportunistic Security for HTTP by yummyfajitas on Sunday November 02, 2014 @11:32PM (#8549337)
Google can certainly afford to litigate, and it's unclear to me what they'd be sued over in any case.

Could you explain this in more detail?

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Re:Opportunistic Security for HTTP by tptacek on Monday November 03, 2014 @08:10AM (#8550591)
Google: [vertical integration antitrust]. Bear in mind that the CAs are organized and some are themselves owned by gigantic companies.
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