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Certificate pinning and web-of-trust verification would make that difficult to maintain for long.


It's unlikely they'll ever get mass usage because both are uncomfortable to work with.

If a certificate is compromised, changing it means all pinned clients will get a huge warning. Either the user ignores the warning (in which case pinning is useless) or he doesn't and the site is harmed. Keeping a compromised certificate is even worse.

For WoT you first need a web of trusted individuals.

Unfortunately key distribution over insecure channels is still an unsolved problem.




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