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by altairprime 569 days ago
Yes; malice is indefensible no matter the circumstances, mistakes may be defensible under certain circumstances or with certain responses by the mistakee.
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as a brazilian i’m not sure if I’d prefer it to be malice or incompetence
Incompetence: operating a CA is difficult enough that sometimes people fuck up, but if the CA is corrupted, then that’s much worse.
There is also the option of malicious incompetence, of course.
As an American…why not both?