Mozilla, Microsoft drop root Certificate Authority • The Register
Updated Mozilla and Microsoft have taken action against a certificate authority accused of having close ties to a US military contractor that allegedly paid software developers to embed data-harvesting malware in mobile apps.
The CA, TrustCor, denies this, but has not responded to direct questions at time of publication.
After a lengthy discussion between staff at Mozilla and Apple, security researchers and the CA itself, Mozilla program manager Kathleen Wilson said the org's concerns were "substantiated" enough to set a distrust date of November 30 for TrustCor's root certificates.?
The back and forth took place on Mozilla's dev-security-policy (MDSP) mailing list, and you can read the full discussion there. Microsoft didn't participate in the conversation; instead, TrustCor executive Rachel McPherson claimed that Microsoft had set a distrust date of November 1 for her company's certs.?
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Hector Falls Point
Weather Update – December 5, 2022
Nice to start out the day. ☀
Rain ☔ and clouds ☁️ for Tuesday into Wednesday. Then hopefully better for the second half of the week. So far so good, I’d like to get up to the Adirondacks later this week. Days are getting short as we approach the first day of winter, but so far fairly mild. Regular season is done up north, and there is not much snow up there. So it might be nice to get away for a few days, though I need cell service come Friday so I can check if I have jury duty for the following week — so I can let my employer know, plan future days off, and figure out when I can get my truck inspected.
| Today. Feels like … November 28th. |
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Increasing clouds.
South wind 5 to 10 mph.
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44 degrees | 4:23 sunset |
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| Tonight. Feels like … November 7th. |
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A slight chance of rain after 4am. Mostly cloudy.
South wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
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34 degrees | 7:09 sunrise |
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| Tuesday. Feels like … November 16th. |
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Rain, mainly after 10am. High near 49. South wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
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49 degrees | 4:23 sunset |
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| Tuesday Night. Feels like … October 1st. |
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Rain. Low around 46. South wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
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46 degrees | 7:10 sunrise |
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| Wednesday. Feels like … October 29th. |
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Rain, mainly before 4pm. High near 56. South wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
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56 degrees | 4:23 sunset |
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| Wednesday Night. Feels like … October 18th. |
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A chance of rain, mainly before 7pm. Mostly cloudy.
Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
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40 degrees | 7:11 sunrise |
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| Thursday. Feels like … November 18th. |
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Partly sunny.
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48 degrees | 4:23 sunset |
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| Thursday Night. Feels like … November 17th. |
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Mostly cloudy.
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31 degrees | 7:12 sunrise |
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| Friday. Feels like … December 6th. |
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Mostly sunny.
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41 degrees | 4:23 sunset |
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| Friday Night. Feels like … November 23rd. |
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Mostly cloudy.
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29 degrees | 7:12 sunrise |
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| Saturday. Feels like … December 6th. |
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Partly sunny.
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41 degrees | 4:23 sunset |
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| Saturday Night. Feels like … November 23rd. |
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Mostly cloudy.
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29 degrees | 7:13 sunrise |
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| Sunday. Feels like … December 6th. |
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Mostly cloudy.
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41 degrees | 4:23 sunset |
Daily Update – December 5, 2022
Good morning! Happy Monday. 🌅
I’m happy it’s only a three day week for me. I took the second half of the week off.
Clear and 24 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌅 Calm wind. 🍃. Heavy frost, the air has that acidic taste of corn 🌽 silage on it. Things will start to thaw out at around 9 am. 🌡️
Crisp morning today ☀ but expected to warm up quickly into the mid to upper 40s today. Going to need to close my window shades when I get into the office as it’s going to be sunny. Chilly for the morning walk 🚶 but should be nice for the afternoon walk.
Saturday was the Save the Pine Bush Hike 🌲and Sunday went out to see the folks for Sunday lunch 🍲 which was a nice big pot of turkey 🦃 stew. Didn’t do as good at getting my steps 👣 in both days, only did about eight 8⃣ miles between both days. Hiking in the Pine Bush Preserve was quiet 🐦 but I didn’t stay too long as it was drizzle and heavy rain and severe weather was predicted for the afternoon.
Spent a lot of time working on the freeCodeCamp. 🖥 They are pretty intense but are very interactive and give you a lot of experience and practice coding. Right now I’m working on the responsive web design course – which wasn’t my first choice but they recommend doing all the courses in order and I’m learning a lot as I’ve not kept up with all the latest in responsive web design. 🕸 The advanced Javascript and machine learning classes are far more interesting to me. But all my skills need brushing up as I’ve learned from the class. Doesn’t use much bandwidth on my laptop which is nice too.