Comment by meuna
14 hours ago
Same. Fact checking on Wikipedia seems to indicate that the letsencrypt initiative predates Snowden revelations.
14 hours ago
Same. Fact checking on Wikipedia seems to indicate that the letsencrypt initiative predates Snowden revelations.
I did the same. I found the same about it predating Snowden, but I also found this quote from J Alex Halderman in a remembrance of Peter Eckersley.
> That summer, Edward Snowden came forward with chilling revelations about NSA mass surveillance, and the need for ubiquitous encryption became clearer than ever.
It’s not a claim that it was the instigator, but it seems like it was heavily on their minds.