Let’s Encrypt has now issued a billion free HTTPS certificates

HTTPS is now considered to be a base standard for website security. You can always check if a website is using the latest encryption standards to secure your communication by checking out its HTTPS certificate. Let’s Encrypt, a site that provides such free certificates, has issued a billion of them since its launch in 2016. The non-profit is operated by the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG), with members such as Mozilla Foundation, Akamai Technologies, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), and the University of Michigan. [Read: A massive cache of stolen OnlyFans videos have been dumped online] HTTPS certificates issued by Let’s Encrypt are…

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