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 ...
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.
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 ...
Hosted on MSN

Let's Encrypt rolls out free security certs for IP addresses

Let's Encrypt, a certificate authority (CA) known for its free TLS/SSL certificates, has begun issuing digital certificates for IP addresses.… It's not the first CA to do so. PositiveSSL, Sectigo, and ...
TechSpot

Let's Encrypt is now issuing free TLS certificates for IP addresses

What just happened? Let's Encrypt began issuing free TLS certificates in 2015. After becoming the world's largest certificate authority, the nonprofit is now targeting niche use cases – such as ...