As Feds Demand the Keys, Preparing for the Death of Public-Key Encryption
The whole cert structure has always been a house of cards.  As evidenced last year, e.g, with the Turkish provider ...<p>Since I first looked through the original Netscape, I've never had -any- reason to put so much trust in the hands of these Blue-Ribbon names. Or any ISP, for that matter. If US intelligence goes through with this, then only end-to-end (which has been deliberately stalled off and roadblocked and stonewalled for decades) will be left.<p>At that point we'll find out just how much power we've left to defend the privacy of our communications, our relationships, our finances and our movements. The Cryptocat guy may yet become a legend... or someone like him.