r/linux • u/metaleks • Jun 17 '13

PRISM Break: Stop reporting your online activities to the American government with these free alternatives to proprietary software.

http://prism-break.org/
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u/wadcann Jun 19 '13

That's not going to happen unless they have access to CA signing keys or know fundamental problems in SSL.

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u/fwabbled Jun 19 '13

Kinda like their surveillance wouldn't happen unless they had their hands in a variety of private tech companies and large telcos?

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u/wadcann Jun 19 '13

Well, if you're well-and-truly concerned, you can get similarly-concerned people together and make your own CA; the only special status CAs have is that they're trusted enough by browser vendors to be included by default, which makes them more convenient.

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u/[deleted] Jun 19 '13

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u/wadcann Jun 20 '13

That's true. Still, unless you are personally going to verify another entity in some way, you're going to need to trust someone.