A Decade of Web Encryption: Let's Encrypt's Milestone Celebration
Let's Encrypt, a certificate authority founded in 2013, has played a crucial role in encrypting the web by providing free certificates and automating the process of issuing and installing them. Together with tools like EFF's Certbot, Let's Encrypt has enabled over 250 million active certificates, protecting hundreds of millions of websites. This has significantly improved online security and privacy, with 78% of pages loaded now using HTTPS compared to 27% in 2013. While there is still progress to be made, Let's Encrypt and Certbot celebrate ten years of success in encrypting the web and look forward to further growth and safety online.