▲ -62 ▼ Is HTTPS a scam? (lemm.ee) submitted 2 years ago* by Dr_Satan@lemm.ee to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world 67 comments fedilink hide all child comments Like the TSA at the airport. Security that we never needed before, but now suddenly we do. Now we're dependent on a third party gatekeeper for permission to have a web site. Free, for now. It's a move by the weasels-that-be to turn the Internet into yet another tool for profit and control.
[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Websites were already dependent on third parties for domain registration in the first place, so OPs complaint about cert authorities makes less sense. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] amio@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago Good parallel. Trusting DNS with interpreting a hostname is not all that different from trusting CAs about whom else you should trust. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] amio@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago Good parallel. Trusting DNS with interpreting a hostname is not all that different from trusting CAs about whom else you should trust. permalink fedilink source parent