> However I have no idea how encryption works so maybe my hunch is stupid Your words, not mine. The person who created Let's Encrypt started it as his thesis

> However I have no idea how encryption works so maybe my hunch is stupid Your words, not mine. The person who created Let's Encrypt started it as his thesis in college. From there he received assistance from the EFF, some of its staff, and a few other volunteers. None of them are anonymous, all working in the space before Let's Encrypt. It's fully open source and there are no backdoors in TLS encryption.