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Pluralistic: 09 Nov 2022 Delegating trust is really, really, really hard (infosec edition)


Today's links

  • Delegating trust is really, really, really hard (infosec edition): Who knows what secrets lurk in your browser's root certificate store?
  • Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
  • This day in history: 2007, 2012, 2017, 2021
  • Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading

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Author Cory DoctorowPosted on November 9, 2022November 15, 2022Tags browsers, certificate authorities, certificate transparency, conspiratorialism, infosec, lawful interception, merkle trees, mozilla, msgsafe, packet forensics, panama, pas, Raymond Saulino, security, snake oil, trust, trustcor, trusting trust, vostrom holdings

Previous editions

  • Pluralistic: To save the news, repeal the app tax (07 June 2023)
  • Pluralistic: A business model for bankrupting the oil companies(06 June 2023)
  • Pluralistic: Wall Street Journal goes to bat for the vultures who want to steal your house (04 June 2023)
  • Pluralistic: Washington State's capital gains tax proves we can have nice things (03 June 2023)
  • Pluralistic: The long lineage of private equity's looting (02 June 2023)
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