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		ajasmin on Dec 19, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sovereign Keys, EFF's proposal to replace the cert... What would happen if a sovereign key for facebook.com was granted to a malicious party before Facebook gets the chance to request one? Can such an error ever be corrected?

feralchimp on Dec 19, 2011 [–]

This is exactly my concern, only less for facebook and more for the multitudes of less-famous sites that nevertheless transact a lot of business.

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