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   @BjornW@mastodon.social (bjornw@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 28-Mar-2025 06:17:54 JST @BjornW@mastodon.social

   A month ago I did a thought experiment about @letsencrypt:

   https://mastodon.social/@BjornW/114064065891034415

   Now I read this by @aral:

   https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/114224434946164202

   Apparently Let's Encrypt is/was at risk of losing a substantial amount of funding from opentech.fund (OTF). Other projects like Tor are/were also hit by these policy changes from the Trump administration. BUT, OTF fought back and seems to be OK:

   https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/25/otf_tor_lets_encrypt_funding_lawsuit/

   For now. Interesting times.

   #OpenSource LetsEncrypt #Tech #Open #USpol #TechPolicy