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CAs suck and are unaccountable. Any of them can (and many of them have) issue a certificate for a site to an attacker. eBay feedbacks can be gamed and I gener
by lookofevil 15y ago
CAs suck and are unaccountable. Any of them can (and many of them have) issue a certificate for a site to an attacker.
eBay feedbacks can be gamed and I generally don't trust them.
Escrow services work, but they are generally regulated.
Your retail store example is laughable. I'm sure Walmart really cares about the quality of its products.
- olalonde 15y ago> CAs suck and are unaccountable. Any of them can (and many of them have) issue a certificate for a site to an attacker. > eBay feedbacks can be gamed and I generally don't trust them. Do you think the government would do a better job at providing CAs or rating eBay sellers? Do you think the government is somehow immune to fraud? > Your retail store example is laughable. I'm sure Walmart really cares about the quality of its products. "I'm sure Walmart customers really care about the quality of products they buy at Walmart." Walmart offers what customers want: cheap prices at the cost of lesser quality. Luckily we are still free to buy low quality products, because the government might "fix that" someday.