TLS Certificate System More About Control Than Protection of Internet Users

https://cheapskatesguide.org/articles/government-controlled-tls.html

by tuatoru • 4 years ago

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superkuh• 4 years ago

It's even worse than it sounds because Google has managed to white-wash it's propietary QUIC protocol through the IETF as an open HTTP3 by getting other similarly motivated mega-corps (like microsoft) to support it.

QUIC does not allow communication without CA based TLS encryption. It can't even use a null cypher with encryption enabled. It is, and will be, illegal to use QUIC to access websites over amateur radio. But far worse is the near future where browsers drop HTTP and only HTTPS and QUIC are left. At that point it will be impossible to host a visit-able website without getting the continued permission from some third party corporation. It will be the end of the open web for people and the start of a purely commercial one for corporations and institutions.

TLS Certificate System More About Control Than Protection of Internet Users

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