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> Originally, these applications used Microsoft’s proprietary ActiveX technology. This only worked in Internet Explorer and severely hindered adoption of other
by hosteur 4y ago
> Originally, these applications used Microsoft’s proprietary ActiveX technology. This only worked in Internet Explorer and severely hindered adoption of other browsers in South Korea.
This basically reveals that the pretext of this being primarily about increasing security of the connection is not really what it is about.
From having read about this, I think it is completely fair to classify this as spyware.
- mathieuh 4y agoIf at any point a government tells you they are doing something to increase security, or to be tough on crime, or to protect children, it is almost certain they are lying to your face and in fact just want more ways to spy on people.
- numpad0 4y agoMore likely a massive and internally unrecognized incompetence than some black project from sneaky agencies. I remember some experts in 2000s fighting months to convince banks that TLS with self signed certificate is the way to get customers scammed.
- actionfromafar 4y agoBut isn't that sort of true? How can I know what self signed certs to accept and which ones to reject as scam attempts?