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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    1 month ago

    Thats why we now have certificate transparency reports and CA-records.
    Sure not perfect, but at least with a compliant CA it wont just happen in the dark.
    At some point you have to trust someone.