Trump Authority (CA) With a Trump NSA is All About Security, But Whose?
"CA/Browser Forum – a central body of web browser makers, security certificate issuers, and friends – has voted to cut the maximum lifespan of new SSL/TLS certs to just 47 days by March 15, 2029," said The Register earlier this week.
Turning nasty yet? Not just yet? Do you fancy Microsoft giving GOP-NSA back doors (full access) into everything, including all Windows-running PCs everywhere in the world? Nope, Apple is not the answer!
A "turnkey tyranny", as the NSA whistleblower Thomas Drake loved to call it, is what we have (and have long had) being constructed under our noses while GAFAM literally claps for Trump, which it also funded. Drake was ruined financially and ended up working in an Apple store as a salesperson. Sort of ironic, right?
What about keys?
Keys you say?
Yes, certificates too.
Better to say it with pictures/animations:
You can see where this may be going, right?
Or, if you're an irrational optimist, just trust the self-professed "free speech absolutist" (MElon) and his executive butler, Cheeto, who cracks down on freedom of expression in the press, in universities etc. (while also censoring government sites, removing pages deemed too "woke" for mentioning women or indigenous people).
Stop outsourcing trust unless you truly can trust those in charge. █