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    3 years ago

    Getting a fake certificate signed requires state level opposition or entities with that level of resources

    Yeah like I said, if they can hijack your traffic, they can easily get a fake cert signed.

    Self-signed certs let Jimmy-Joe-Bob’s Rifle Range and Real Good Hacker Script Kiddie Ring fake you out in minutes.

    How? They would have to steal the CA key and could only fake the site with the self signed cert. (At least if you don’t add it to your certificate store)