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0 pointstheandrewbailey7y ago0 comments

> LetsEncrypt is a hack to get HTTP encryption working without shelling out money for meaningless identity "verification".

Have you used Let's Encrypt? It verifies that you own the domain in question. HTTPS requires that the server you're connecting to has been identified.

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ghostly_s7y ago

Verifying domain control =/= verifying identity.

zamadatix7y ago

Operator != owner. I can break into your car, doesn't mean I can take it to the local DMV and get a new title with my name on it purely because I showed up in it.

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