Oct 20, 2026, 5:25 PMme: "I think my opsec could be better, i'm probably below average"
the industrial accident of a certificate authority: "our private key is 4"
- Oct 20, 2026, 5:25 PM
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- Oct 20, 2026, 6:21 PM
ananasananas@scicomm.xyzOct 20, 2026, 7:25 PM@cult Disregarding the context, I think this might be funny to quantum field theorists as well.
Alexander KnochelQuantensalat@scicomm.xyzOct 20, 2026, 8:22 PM
Patrick Morris Millerkentenmakto@mastodon.ieOct 20, 2026, 6:31 PM@cult That's the private key an idiot has on their luggage!
Oct 20, 2026, 6:52 PM@kentenmakto @cult omg
Oct 20, 2026, 6:41 PM
Pedro Mateuspedro_mateus@mas.toOct 20, 2026, 6:41 PM"4 digits?" "No, literally just the number 4."
Núcleo Irradiadorehproque@neopaquita.esOct 20, 2026, 6:52 PM@pedro_mateus @cult I just had this conversation with my wife, she said "like… 1234?"
NetravenNetraven@hear-me.socialOct 20, 2026, 6:50 PM@cult NO ONE WILL SUSPECT: FOUR!
Oct 20, 2026, 6:54 PM@cult but they’re audited! they have the certificates (lol) to prove it!
drevilchickfilla@tilde.zoneOct 20, 2026, 7:13 PM@cult Security Through Stupidity: the act of being so incompetent that your vulnerabilities are too dumb for attackers to consider
Seth Lombardysethlombardy@saturation.socialOct 21, 2026, 6:46 AM@cult @chickfilla Valid
Oct 20, 2026, 8:21 PM@cult but do you do YOLO-Ops like this?
“The CRL's were signed with the original private keys (which were supposed to be the correct keys with appropriate entropy) but given that this resulted in incorrect signatures, they were resigned with flawed keys.”
ShadSterlingShadSterling@mastodon.socialOct 20, 2026, 8:59 PM
Joshua Peisachjpeisach@ubuntu.socialOct 20, 2026, 10:41 PM@cult you know what they say; quality over quantity
Oct 21, 2026, 6:46 AM
