If you thought things were better before LetsEncrypt, I'm afraid you were mistaken. They weren't the first to provide free DV certificates, and even paid certi

If you thought things were better before LetsEncrypt, I'm afraid you were mistaken. They weren't the first to provide free DV certificates, and even paid certificates aren't immune to crises of identity. Troy mentions the EV certificate issued to "Stripe, Inc" which caused so much consternation back in the day. Not to mention that it's never been difficult to get a certificate for a dodgy domain, especially when doing so made a phish more likely to succeed.