On Sat, 2016-01-09 at 14:11 +0000, Peter Gutmann wrote:
> That would have some pretty bad consequences.  With the MITM CA cert enabled,
> Borat [0] can read every Kazakh user's email, but no-one else can.  With the
> MITM CA blacklisted, Borat can still read every Kazakh user's email, but so
> can everyone else on the planet.  So the choice is between privacy against
> everyone but one party, and privacy against no-one.

I don't understand why blacklisting a MITM CA would enable everyone to read the
data that passes through the MITM. Could you please explain? (It sounds like
there is either a misunderstanding on your or on my side.)

Thanks
Kai

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