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Alexander Mikhailian

Alexander Mikhailian

No more certificates for non-HTTPS purposes

Google unilaterally restricts certificates to HTTPS usage only.

I am sure they have valid reasons. Like fighting botnets that use valid certificates. But the outcome is that we are now worse off as a society.

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