Supporting Let’s Encrypt, the nonprofit making HTTPS free for all
I have mixed feelings. Let&#x27;s Encrypt has pretty much wiped out the annoying middlebox industry. But they&#x27;ve also wiped out TSL&#x2F;SSL certs providing any solid info about who&#x27;s behind the site.  Now, nobody knows who&#x27;s behind most web sites. The domain registrar industry failed us, supporting &quot;domain privacy&quot; for businesses. Then the certificate industry failed us, allowing issuance of anonymous SSL&#x2F;TLS certs.  Then Amazon allowed sellers to be anonymous while claiming that Amazon itself was not the seller.<p>Amazon has been investigated for selling dangerously defective electrical products.[1] But they&#x27;ve been allowed to sleaze by, claiming that some anonymous seller is the problem.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wsj.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;amazon-has-ceded-control-of-its-site-the-result-thousands-of-banned-unsafe-or-mislabeled-products-11566564990" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wsj.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;amazon-has-ceded-control-of-its...</a>