Eight reasons why trust is broken online

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What you need to know about commercial certificate authorities and why the SSL certificate system needs to be reformed, according to Miracl CEO Brian Spector

The recent row between Symantec and Google over rogue SSL certificates is just one of many incidents that have called into question the role of commercial certificate authorities as a single point ...

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