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superjan
on May 11, 2022
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Android Chrome 99 expands Certificate Transparency...
At least one country that I heard of (Kazachstan) requires everyone to install a cert issued by the gouvernement that enables them to do this kind of MITM spying on users. That could be the argument against allowing user-installed certs.
312c
on May 12, 2022
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All three times (2015, 2019, 2020) the Kazakh government tried this the cert was blocked in major browsers.
bityard
on May 11, 2022
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So all this is going to do is break the Internet for a whole country. Or at least those that use Chrome and Android.
gbear605
on May 11, 2022
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If Android + Chrome is the majority of computer users in the country (which it probably is), this might force the hand of the government
chii
on May 12, 2022
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i doubt that a technological feature can be used to force the hand of a gov't.
_ofdw
on May 12, 2022
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That quote about the Australian politician who didn't understand that Australian law can't trump the natural laws of mathematics comes to mind.
brokenmachine
on May 12, 2022
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He was Prime Minister, which says a lot.
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