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submitted 1 week ago by smiletolerantly@awful.systems to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml
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Explanation: one of today's compromised root certificates had the number 4 as its private key.

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[–] marcela@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

had the number 4 as its private key

This is the absolute non-credible defense meme. The sub closes down.

[–] smiletolerantly@awful.systems 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I mean, "nobody can be this stupid" might actually have protected them in the past... We'll never know!

[–] marcela@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 week ago

Some people can be this stupid. It has been proven time and time again!

[–] RumRunningDevil@lemmy.zip -3 points 1 week ago

Why did you indent that second comment so far?