ZDNet

Let's Encrypt explains last month's outages caused by certificate expiration

Dozens of websites and services reported issues late last month thanks to the expiration of a root certificate provided by Let's Encrypt, one of the largest providers of HTTPS certificates. Let's ...
ZDNet

How Let's Encrypt made the internet safer and HTTPS standard - and free

In 1996, I registered my first website, Vaughan-Nichols & Associates. After setting up the site, one of the first things I did was to secure connections with a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate.
Ars Technica

Let’s Encrypt is ending expiration notice emails—for some very good reasons

Let's Encrypt has been providing free "wildcard" certificates for websites for nearly seven years, enabling HTTPS connections for millions of domains and doing the whole Internet a real solid. Now the ...
Bleeping Computer

Let’s Encrypt ends certificate expiry emails to cut costs, boost privacy

Let's Encrypt has announced it will no longer notify users about imminent certificate expirations via email due to high costs, privacy concerns, and unnecessary complexities. The decision to end the ...