Google Joins Mozilla, Microsoft In Pushing For Early SHA-1 Crypto Cutoff (blogspot.com)

itwbennett writes: Due to recent research showing that SHA-1 is weaker than previously believed, Mozilla, Microsoft and now Google are all considering bringing the deadline forward by six months to July 1, 2016. Websites like Facebook and those protected by CloudFlare have implemented a SHA-1 fallback mechanism. Both companies have argued that there are millions of people in developing countries that still use browsers and operating systems that do not support SHA-2, the replacement function for SHA-1, and will therefore be cut off from encrypted websites that move to SHA-2 certificates.

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Dear Microsoft, err, I mean Google

[BitZtream]

We've been bullied by people telling us they are making changes for our own good for years. You aren't the first, Microsoft wasn't either but they are the most recent example on your scale.

You'll become irrelevant too if you keep pushing shit that people don't like.

You want to promote better security, I'm right there with you.

You want to cut off older technology, using security as an excuse for forced upgrades ... well, you can go fuck yourself.