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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: 6-day TLS certificates from Let's Encrypt
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2024 01:10:36 -0000 (UTC)
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On Thu, 12 Dec 2024 00:12:23 +0000, D wrote:

> seems like everyone is using tls . . . is there anyone "not" using it?

The idea is to make it so commonplace, that you no longer stand out like a 
sore thumb for using it. So those under certain regimes that fear their 
citizenry cannot surveil everybody they might suspect of hiding something 
from them -- safety in numbers, in short.