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resulting in them clicking through blindly In the proposed scheme, they are ALWAYS clicking though blindly. There's no way for a user to know when he gets the
by dchest 10y ago
resulting in them clicking through blindly
In the proposed scheme, they are ALWAYS clicking though blindly. There's no way for a user to know when he gets the original public key or someone else's. How is a user supposed to verify it, call the owners of the website and ask them to dictate their public key?
This warning screen is thus just a security theater.
The whole proposed "solution" is not a solution at all and doesn't work — the author could have saved a lot of time typing this blog post if they just listed threats that certificates are trying to solve on a piece of paper and put a check mark next to each if their proposed "solution" solves it.