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[–] Pieisawesome@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

And your software stops functioning after X years due to this.

Don’t do this, this is a bad idea.

[–] TarantulaFudge@startrek.website 1 points 7 hours ago

Technically all certificates are pinned, especially with public CAs, most OS package the latest CA certs which will all go out of style within 10 years or so. You can see this by loading up any old distro or defunct version of windows.

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl -5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, fuck the users. We can just slap "100% secure" on the box and who cares if some woman is raped and murdered because we decided not to follow best security practices, right? /s

[–] cheesemoo@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

That's a hell of a leap there chief.