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Trump cuts funding to FOSS projects. (thelibre.news)

submitted 1 week ago by grue@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

i don't think this is a good idea. govs could just set up a big reverse proxy for lots of sites to serve them with their own certs, and you wouldn't know

[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

Seems like no change from right now, because currently the certificate authorities are centralized entities, which could be pressured by governments to add their own certificates.