Google Drops eMudhra Certificate, Raising Trust Questions
On October 27, Google removed eMudhra's root certificate, called emSign ECC Root CA – G3. Any website still relying on that certificate may now be affected. The story raises questions about who is accountable for the change and for the problems it could cause.
Quick glossaryeMudhra, TLS, root certificate
- eMudhra
- An Indian digital security company best known for providing digital signature and certificate services.
- TLS
- A security method that scrambles data sent between a website and your browser so others cannot read it.
- root certificate
- A trusted digital ID that a browser uses to check that a website is genuine and safe.
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