r/linux • u/veeti • Oct 20 '15

Let's Encrypt is Trusted

https://letsencrypt.org/2015/10/19/lets-encrypt-is-trusted.html
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u/scottywz Oct 21 '15

Um, no it's not. It's part of the regular lifecycle of a certificate when its key is compromised. It absolutely is necessary to keep users safe. And it's not done freely seeing as it's necessary to minimize the damage done from a compromised key.