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  • AMillionNames@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    In the US there was a period of time where it was illegal to export encryption above a certain level, so in a way it has already happened. Dumb has never stopped governments before.

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        There was a proposal to have webbrowsers have to accept government certificates. Consequently they could man-in-the-middle/take over domains.

        You could argue it’s no different from another central authority that can issue trusted certificates. But it’s government’s rather than independent orgs.