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by wulfstan 434 days ago
No, I don't accept that this is the case any more than the root certificate system is a golden key. I'm quite sure that Apple can issue me a certificate that allows me to build a custom version of iOS that can be flashed onto my phone; why doesn't the same thing apply to other things?
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The two things you are talking about are very different. One is signatures and one is encryption.