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I still believe in "if it's free, you are the product."
by ranger_danger 1y ago
I still believe in "if it's free, you are the product."
- alwillis 1y agoIn what way is a non-profit such as Lets Encrypt attempting to monetize their customer relationships? They've issued more 700 million certificates at no cost. While I don't get the cynicism in this case, you would agree supporting a secure web is in the public interest, right?
- ranger_danger 1y agoI wasn't referring to monetization, but government surveillance.
- edoceo 1y agoHow would they surveil? And also, have you disabled the certs you don't trust from these providers on your systems?
- nixosbestos 1y ago[flagged]
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- IgorPartola 1y agoTo each their own, but you do realize that you are using a free website running on free software secured by free TLS libraries transmitted via routers that often run free software and firmware? Also how much did you pay for the browser you used to make these comments? There is a sea of difference between something like Google/Facebook/TikTok and Let’s Encrypt/the Linux Foundation/FSF/etc. I can only assume you can’t see that difference if you have spent no time reading about these things, but I would encourage you to. This stuff is important especially if you get to make security decisions for any kind of product.