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qwerty_asdf on Aug 20, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Mailpile – taking e-mail back

  > Any fucker can buy an SSL certificate and 
  > masquerade as someone else.

You lost me there. I'm not entirely convinced on that.

How might I simply buy an SSL certificate and masquerade as https://www.google.com?

lucian1900 on Aug 20, 2013 [–]

By convincing one of the trusted CAs to do so. Or if you're a government, forcing them.

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