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And here is compulsory email thread explaining some context:

https://groups.google.com/forum/?_escaped_fragment_=msg/mozi...

> Strange that "PKCS#11 support" is listed as a "con" for NSS

> It was not accidental that it was listed under "Con", nor do I see ENGINE_pkcs11 as a "Pro"

This conversation circles back to Theo de Raadt's argument that developers are caring too much about performance in security-critical applications.

Which is the typical point in which Theo de Raadt is right even though he may be saying so quite singularly.

This is another instance of the lack of 'engineering' in Computer Science/Programming/you name it. Engineers have long ago learnt that you need "automatic" standards and compliance before, during and after building anything, and that the best practice is always assuming thing will go wrong.

This, unfortunately, is not the case with programming as we can see time and again.

But I digress.

Smartcard support is pretty important for a lot of people. If Chrome drops that feature, that would be a huge shame.

every belgian citizen is issued a pkcs e-id, not supporting it means they all need another browser to do their taxes and log in to healthcare websites...

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