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xxmarkuskiyesterday at 8:31 PM2 repliesview on HN

I have heard, but do not aggree, that Let‘s Encrypt is risky, because phishing sites use it. It’s implied that other CAs do checks against it.


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selcukatoday at 2:45 AM

An SSL provider once refused to sell me a certificate because the domain name had the word "Windows" in it.

anonymarsyesterday at 8:59 PM

I will say, I have never before this season seen so many seemingly-legit fake web stores. All with their little lock icons in the address bar. I assume LLMs helped kick it into overdrive too

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