Hacker News
points by ForHackernews 1 day ago | 0 comments
Great, you have an inconvenient way to possibly-maybe see some random's gmail inbox at Starbucks.

You'd be better off just mugging them in the parking lot.

[–] itintheory 1 day ago
> gmail inbox

Except it won't impact gmail unless you're accessing it through curl. The browsers already distrusted the compromised intermediates via CRL within hours of disclosure, and removed the affected root via update.

[–] jfyi 1 day ago
Sure practicality is always an issue. It's an issue that attackers will go to great lengths to resolve too.

What if it's the Starbucks at 1730 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20006 for an extended period of time? Compounded with other security issues like password reuse...

We can always draw a line and say, "that's not practical". The assessment an attacker is likely to do is going to be "is this practical inside my budget for the value I hope to acquire?" or maybe even just "waow, lulz".

[–] alt227 1 day ago
No, you have a pretty easy way of intercepting someones git credentials and repo access. Arguably more dangerous than a gmail inbox.