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by zdw 220 days ago
The TLS issue mentioned can be more easily conceptualized if you view the root CA lists as "The people you're OK with MITM-ing you".

And then whether your trust in the browser vendor coalition to push back against and punish even accidental CA malfeasance are reasonable.

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The crux of the issue is reasonable people can disagree on what is OK at a large org.

Security, like every human, believes they’re the good guys.

Platform teams cannot enforce the principle of least privilege.

Truly a paradox.