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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

but they fix a lot more problems than they cause

I didn't say anything that disagrees with this. CAs are nice and convenient. They do this by expanding the chain of trust to a lot more people, hence making them less secure.

Sure if you can't securely manage your cert, that's a problem. But that doesn't mean let's less secure