4 ms·
Let's Encrypt Google Trust Services Disclaimer: I've worked in both of these :)
by aaomidi 2y ago
Let's Encrypt
Google Trust Services
Disclaimer: I've worked in both of these :)
- bdcravens 2y agoWhat products do those two companies sell?
- 1oooqooq 2y agothey sell market protection. to google. it makes crawlers much more expensive. makes everyone depend on their CDNs etc.
- mardifoufs 2y agoAre you referring to google trust services? I don't see how that applies to let's encrypt otherwise.
- 1oooqooq 2y agogo make a cost analysis of crawling the entire internet once or twice a day on http vs https and report back
- aaomidi 2y agoI'm deeply confused by this?
- aaomidi 2y agoLet's Encrypt and Google Trust Services are both CAs. LE is of course, a non-profit, so maybe this doesn't apply there. Google Trust Services operates under Google, and is technically "for profit". But no, we did not put profits over security.
- meandmycode 2y agoAny company with sufficient size will fail to incentivise the things they claim at the top, unfortunately the impacts of decisions (especially during austerity) are poorly understood, so even the supposedly best intending will fail once you reach a size