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sciencejerkyesterday at 3:57 PM3 repliesview on HN

Yes. Visitors to the site are vulnerable to Man in the Middle (MitM) attacks, IF they click past the warning (which many people do)


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LadyCailinyesterday at 4:03 PM

That’s not true. The encryption still works as well as it did 3 days ago, and doesn’t care if the certificate is expired.

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belteryesterday at 4:02 PM

An expired certificate alone doesn't enable a MITM attack.