RE: mstdn.social/@hkrn/11671837697…
Commons-based (independent org funded by EU taxpayer money) Let’s Encrypt compatible ACME certificate provider now, please.
CC @EUCommission (Unless you want Europe’s online security to be another bargaining chip for Trump et al.)
Hacker News (@hkrn@mstdn.social)
Let's Encrypt bans certificate usage in any US sanctioned territory [pdf] L: https://letsencrypt.org/documents/LE-SA-v1.7-June-04-2026-diff.pdf C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48453275 posted on 2026.06.08 at 18:32:36 (c=3, p=15)Hacker News (Mastodon 🐘)
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Jonah Aragon
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Benoit Poulet
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •That’s perfect, with all theses stupids move, the world will be building alternatives.
It’s a good things for everyone (but the US)
پویان Pouyan
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Actalis has actually comparable services as Let's Encrypt. But it's not as advances or stable as LE in my opinion.
actalis.com/activate-free-plan
@EUCommission
Actalis
Actalis.comAral Balkan
in reply to پویان Pouyan • • •پویان Pouyan
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •indeed. But you need orgs like these and other PKI operators to be able to create a CA that can compete with LE.
Let's Encrypt founding sponsors and partners include Cisco and Akamai. They are also sponsored ATM by Google, Microsoft, etc.
@EUCommission
Aral Balkan
in reply to پویان Pouyan • • •LukefromDC
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Aral Balkan
in reply to LukefromDC • • •Dr. Quadragon ❌
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Or push for DANE in browsers and other clients.
Or both. Both is good.
@EUCommission
Aral Balkan
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •By the way, in case you’re wondering, this means that apart from folks in Cuba and Iran not being able to use Let’s Encrypt, neither can the UN Special Rapporteur for Palestine, Francesca Albanese nor the ~11 International Criminal Court judges and other officials that are being persecuted for opposing Israel’s ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people and their efforts to bring the war criminals responsible to justice.
#LetsEncrypt #USA #fascism #israel #genocide #sanctions #EU #sovereignty