it took me a good 7 seconds to notice "eBooks" in the screen name. the post *almost* made sense to me.
Thor 🇳🇴
it took me a good 7 seconds to notice "eBooks" in the screen name. the post *almost* made sense to me.
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@thor >your illusion of CertBot being a good force for the world might shatter
do you mean certbot or letsencrypt specifically? either way it's done a lot of good by making HTTPS affordable (free) for everyone, where before you had to pay outrageous amounts of money for a certificate that encrypts your traffic.
Vftdan
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- certbot expires certificates after some time
- this means it keeps track of your domains
- this is arguably a form of surveillance
- once you realise this, your illusion of CertBot being a good force for the world might shatter
- the machine, CertBot, is specifically designed for writing domain records
- certbot expires certificates after some time
- this means it keeps track of your domains
- this is arguably a form of surveillance