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If LE is distrusted, we all stop using TLS and go back to letting the NSA read everything. LE is the only reason HTTPS is now ubiquitous.

• b112 8mo ago
  Isn't that a really, really juicy target though?
  • Ayesh 8mo ago
    LetsEncrypt doesn't see your private key when you obtain the certificate. So no, it's not _really_ a juicy target.
    • account42 8mo ago
      On the other hand, who's gong to notice a LE issued cert that they did not request in the certificate transparency logs?
      • cpach 8mo ago
        The ones who monitor their domains in the CT log. (Mom-and-pop-stores probably won’t. Other orgs might.)
• notepad0x90 8mo ago
  Why not just stop using Chrome and start using any of the Chrome-based alternatives in instead?
  • direwolf20 8mo ago
    Are you talking about as a user or a website operator?
    • notepad0x90 8mo ago
      Neither, I meant if enough people panic and stop using chrome, website operators need not worry much. Safari is default on macs, and Edge is default on windows, both can render any website that can't be accessed in Chrome, so it'll make Chrome the browser that can't open half of the websites, instead of half of the websites out there suddenly being incompatible with chrome. The power of numbers is on LE's side.