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> I always saw it as a trust-chain and think that anyone is welcomed to create a root certificate and distribute it to whomever trusts them.

Note that phones already try to prevent you from using a certificate that you provide yourself.



"Try to prevent"? What does that mean?


It means they prevent, unless you perform several undocumented arcane rituals.


In this case, you have to compile the OS yourself and patch the trusted certificate store.




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