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Because they thought they could get away with it - just like all of the other stuff they've done. And they did get away with it for a while.

• ryanlol 10y ago
  What's the motivation though? It doesn't seem like they've really ever used the domain. Right now this all just seems utterly pointless and stupid on their part, but I guess that's really nothing new.
  • avian 10y ago
    To me, the most obvious motivation for registering the domain would be to basically make a domain squat. Redirect anyone visiting "letsencrypt.cn" to their own, similarly named (and now defunct as far as I know) service "StartEncrypt" [1]. Like any other domain squat, it would probably allow them to profit to some degree from the buzz Let's Encrypt was generating. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11903513 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11903513
    • vertex-four 10y ago
      Except that they weren't doing that.