We don't need to move Let's Encrypt to the EU. We need to run a EU-based equivalent, and make it so that the infrastructure they run is easily replicated.
As this development clearly demonstrates, Let's Encrypt is a single point of failure. It was never a good idea. It was just a less bad idea than others.
And no, that's absolutely not suggesting they didn't do great work. This is about designing for resilience.
European Commission (npub1m96…ag4y) Let's Encrypt (npub19zc…jfcm) [@nlnet](https://social.nlnet.nl/@nlnet )
Jens Finkhäuser
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2025-04-03 06:25:01 UTC
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