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what if the hacker provided the public key for https connection? (www.youtube.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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So this video explains how https works. What I don't get is what if a hacker in the middle pretended to be the server and provided me with the box and the public key. wouldn't he be able to decrypt the message with his private key? I'm not a tech expert, but just curious and trying to learn.

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[–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Thats why we have HSTS and HSTS preloading, so the browser refuses to allow this (and disabling it is usually alot deeper to find than a simple button to "continue anyways")

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