Like the TSA at the airport.
Security that we never needed before, but now suddenly we do.
Now we’re dependent on a third party gatekeeper for permission to have a web site.
Free, for now.
It’s a move by the weasels-that-be to turn the Internet into yet another tool for profit and control.
3·10 months ago- https://zerossl.com/
- https://www.sslforfree.com/
- Cloudflare if you route traffic through them (you might consider this a string)