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[–] 38 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

Uh roommate must have predicted the future because this is about a private key for a certificate authority using the number "4" as their whole private key recently. As well as a couple other low digit numbers

https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/10/the-internet-goes-on-high-alert-after-discovery-of-8-compromised-tls-certs/

EDIT: your roommate might have been talking about this XKCD comic https://xkcd.com/221/

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  • [–] 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    yes! i think so! he was the one who introduced me to xkcd!

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago

    Wait, xlcd? One of my laptops had the keys randomly not do what they are supposed to, and some give values like that, but it will give like three of those, than switch to another string to endlessly repeat after that. I don't know what the fuck is going on.

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