No. But no one can verify your certificate.
The same principle that should make Verisign trustworthy (centrally recognized / audited trust authority) makes them vulnerable to nation-state tampering, or more specifically, eavesdropping.
The same principle that should make Verisign trustworthy (centrally recognized / audited trust authority) makes them vulnerable to nation-state tampering, or more specifically, eavesdropping.
Verisign merely signs your certificate. It does not even know your private key and hence also can't pass it to governments.
I have no doubt they can do it, but it seems to be consigned to their bag of tricks for special occasions.