Let's Encrypt Continues to Collapse in Geminispace and That's Good News for Free Speech (Among Other Things)
2 days ago we noted that in Geminispace Let's Encrypt had fallen below 5% (to 4.9%) and now it's down to 4.5%. 9 more Gemini capsules either shut down or switched to something else (or that's just a net loss; it's possible new ones were also added with the Linux Foundation's Let's Encrypt while more than 9 were lost). When we published "Let's Encrypt in a Freefall in Geminispace (More Capsules 'Get' It)" we did so knowing it might influence those who still use Linux Foundation as a source of "trust"; it's misguided and self-defeating. It's just fake security. Today Lupa says: "2505 (90.6 %) capsules are self-signed, 124 (4.5 %) use the Certificate Authority Let's Encrypt, 136 (4.9 %) are signed by another CA (may be not a trusted one)."
Earlier this year over 200 used Let's Encrypt and 54 had their certificate/s signed by another CA. One can see the historical trends in this chart. For a very long time about 12% of capsules used Let's Encrypt.
For those who don't know or still can't understand what's wrong with Let's Encrypt, consider reading our old articles. Sadly, due to the way modern Web browsers work, many sites have no option but to use Let's Encrypt or pay for some other CA to issue some worthless-but-glorified bytes. It's not because of security, it's because of a pathetic regime wherein a cartel - for lack of a more suitable term - remotely controls which sites you can and cannot access. There's nothing innocuous about those CAs and sometimes the cartel arbitrarily rejects some CA, throwing many sites (or similar) into turmoil not for increased security but for consolidation of power. This happened as recently as weeks ago when Google threw one under the bus. The media hardly paid any attention to that and it didn't explain the ramifications. █