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And the US, host of malicious entities like the CIA and NSA, has several root CA's under their control.


Yes, of course. There's something like, what, around 400 root CAs, I think?

I mentioned the .cn government (and their root CA(s)) because the article mentioned the .cn government, specifically, and the parent comment mentioned "any government that controls a CA".

Obviously, any government with a) control over a root CA and b) control over their entire country's Internet access could carry this out. The article we're commenting, however, called out .cn by name.




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