Submission + - Should you remove TrustCor from your root certificate stores? (washingtonpost.com)
whoever57 writes: Would you trust your communications to a company that has links to a spyware company and claims that its address is a UPS store in Toronto? You probably already do.
The Washington Post has an article about TrustCor Systems and its troubling links to spyware and interception of encrypted communications. "The company’s Panamanian registration records show that it has the identical slate of officers, agents and partners as a spyware maker identified this year as an affiliate of Arizona-based Packet Forensics,"
The company also offers what is claimed to be end-to-end encrypted email, but analysis of how this actually works shows that this claim is not true, since the company retains individuals' private keys.
The article suggests that the company has links to the US government.
Gift link to article (no paywall) is: https://wapo.st/3DU1LYw
The Washington Post has an article about TrustCor Systems and its troubling links to spyware and interception of encrypted communications. "The company’s Panamanian registration records show that it has the identical slate of officers, agents and partners as a spyware maker identified this year as an affiliate of Arizona-based Packet Forensics,"
The company also offers what is claimed to be end-to-end encrypted email, but analysis of how this actually works shows that this claim is not true, since the company retains individuals' private keys.
The article suggests that the company has links to the US government.
Gift link to article (no paywall) is: https://wapo.st/3DU1LYw
