Erik van Straten<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@BjornW" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>BjornW</span></a></span> :</p><p>I've stopped doing that after a lot of people called me an idiot and a liar if I kindly notified them. I stopped, I'll get scolded anyway.</p><p>Big tech and most admins want everyone to believe that "Let's Encrypt" is the only goal. Nearly 100% of tech people believe that.</p><p>And admins WANT to believe that, because reliable authentication of website owners is a PITA. They just love ACME and tell their website visitors to GFY.</p><p>People like you tooting nonsense get a lot of boosts. It's called fake news or big tech propaganda. If you know better, why don't you WRITE BETTER?</p><p>It has ruined the internet. Not for phun but purely for profit. And it is what ruins people's lives and lets employees open the vdoor for ransomware and data-theft.</p><p>See also <a href="https://infosec.exchange/@ErikvanStraten/112914047006977222" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">infosec.exchange/@ErikvanStrat</span><span class="invisible">en/112914047006977222</span></a> (and, in Dutch, <a href="https://security.nl/posting/881296" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">security.nl/posting/881296</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>).</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@troyhunt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>troyhunt</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@letsencrypt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>letsencrypt</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DV</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Impersonation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Impersonation</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/AnonymousCertificates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnonymousCertificates</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Authentication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authentication</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/LetsAuthenticate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LetsAuthenticate</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/BigTechIsEvil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTechIsEvil</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/GoogleIsEvil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoogleIsEvil</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CloudflareIsEvil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CloudflareIsEvil</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/LetsEncrypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LetsEncrypt</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Identity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Identity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Authenticity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authenticity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Phishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Phishing</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Spoofing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spoofing</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CyberCrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CyberCrime</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/AitM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AitM</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/MitM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MitM</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Weak2FA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Weak2FA</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/WeakMFA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeakMFA</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DVcerts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DVcerts</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Certificates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Certificates</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ACME" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ACME</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/USdependencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USdependencies</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/USdependency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USdependency</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/USdependent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USdependent</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/USAdependencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USAdependencies</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/USAdependency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USAdependency</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/USAdependent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USAdependent</span></a></p>