So this video explains how https works. What I don’t get is what if a hacker in the middle pretended to be the server and provided me with the box and the public key. wouldn’t he be able to decrypt the message with his private key? I’m not a tech expert, but just curious and trying to learn.

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    6 months ago

    Add Norton to that list. They also perform their own MITM attack on your pc to ensure your certificates are “safe”…