> Why won't browsers allow the certificate's public key to be readable by javascript Because sites would randomly block reverse proxies, web proxies, enterpris

> Why won't browsers allow the certificate's public key to be readable by javascript Because sites would randomly block reverse proxies, web proxies, enterprise users, people using certain WiFi APs, and it would give advertisers another thing to track users on. Frankly after looking at what websites did with the User Agent, I'm scared to see what they'd do when a certificate mismatch occurs.