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- on Letsencrypt is under US jurisdiction. Is there a free-er alternative? in c/selfhosted@lemmy.world · 4d ago
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on Enjoy owning your devices while you still can. in c/technology@lemmy.world · 17 Sep 2026
You can’t demand anything from open source becasue I can just change the demands myself. Linux is free from this nonsense.
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on In case you need some motivation to de-google in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk · 31 Aug 2026
How much does the stock of MapQuest depend on good terms with the US government?
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on In case you need some motivation to de-google in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk · 31 Aug 2026
No law, you’re right. But they have an internal policy to follow the federal agency official naming + they show data depending on the country so they can isolate the change to only US.
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on In case you need some motivation to de-google in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk · 31 Aug 2026
So why did Google then show Lake Ontario before instead of for ex. Lake Google? Can’t they then just write like… whatever they want?
But yes, I was wrong. They simply have an internal policy to follow the federal data. So, in a way, they don’t need to be but they will follow what they decide.
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on In case you need some motivation to de-google in c/buyeuropean@feddit.uk · 31 Aug 2026
It is only in US, and all other parts of the world still see “Lake Ontario”. Also, they are following the law they have to follow. So… there are plenty reasons to de-google, but this ain’t one.
Are you trying to solve a technica, or political/moral problem? Let’s Encrypt doesn’t create, see, store or log your private cerficates. So, even if they are in the US, I don’t see a risk, and otherwise, the other parts you use in general are probably vulnerable to the problem even if non-US.
For ex. the US could simply order browsers stop validating any certificates not issues by US companies in browsers. And whoosh. Having a non-US certificate won’t help much there either.