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A Brazilian CA trusted only by Microsoft has issued a certificate for google.com

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482 points sanqui | 1 comments | 30 Nov 24 21:35 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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noitpmeder ◴[01 Dec 24 01:02 UTC] No.42285295[source]▶
Not clear (to me) in the original post -- was this done accidentally or intentionally?
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ruined ◴[01 Dec 24 01:19 UTC] No.42285374[source]▶
does that matter?
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altairprime ◴[01 Dec 24 01:28 UTC] No.42285414[source]▶
Yes; malice is indefensible no matter the circumstances, mistakes may be defensible under certain circumstances or with certain responses by the mistakee.
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sabbaticaldev ◴[01 Dec 24 01:40 UTC] No.42285461[source]▶
as a brazilian i’m not sure if I’d prefer it to be malice or incompetence
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1. lazide ◴[01 Dec 24 02:33 UTC] No.42285686[source]▶
There is also the option of malicious incompetence, of course.