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Re: Let's Encrypt makes certs for 30% of web domains by quotemstr on Saturday September 07, 2019 @12:20AM (#20901762)
Right. What happens when Let's Encrypt is the only CA and they decide that they don't like you for some reason? All tech companies are under tremendous Twitter pressure not to serve the wrong kinds of people, and this pressure will only intensify. The window of acceptability narrow. Infrastructure diversity is an important check against the ability of vocal but small groups of activists to effectively censor the internet.
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Re: Let's Encrypt makes certs for 30% of web domains by M2Ys4U on Monday September 09, 2019 @05:49AM (#20916659)
>Right. What happens when Let's Encrypt is the only CA and they decide that they don't like you for some reason?

Or, more importantly, what happens when the US government decides you're too brown or Jewish and decides to sanction you?

Let's Encrypt has to follow US sanctions, so no more certs for you!

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Re: Let's Encrypt makes certs for 30% of web domains by quotemstr on Monday September 09, 2019 @12:16PM (#20919504)
Getting caught up in what kind of censorship is most vexing is missing the point if we can agree that nobody should be able to silence people on the internet.
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