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I don't like the EFF, but I guess I will have to use Let's Encrypt if there's no other option.

As much as I don't agree with you... Let's Encrypt isn't actually an EFF project, or even majority EFF funded. One developer is provided by the EFF, one of the board members is from the EFF, one member of the technical advisory board is from the EFF, and there is a sponsorship from the EFF. The organisation has various other employees, board members, and sources of funding. Even in the genesis of it, it involved three non-EFF people and one EFF person.

The suggested client, CertBot, is an EFF project, but there's a wide variety of alternatives - https://letsencrypt.org/docs/client-options/

If I might ask, why don't you like them?

They are a political organisation and their ideas conflict with mine. I don't keep a strong boycott on them, but I don't want to support their products, that's all.

I'd be very interested to know which of the EFF's political positions you object to, but it appears pretty clear you're avoiding answering that question...

I don't see how that's relevant, unless the goal is to invalidate his(?) dislike of them by claiming the political views that dislike is based on are wrong and stupid.

The goal was to find out more. Having never encountered an anti-EFF person on here (or anywhere, that I can recall) I was interested in the answer.

I don't think net neutrality is a good idea. I also have far-right ideas, while they have repeatedly expressed themselves to be liberal.

I'm not the kind of person who believes in boycotting (especially in this case, where I'd be all alone it seems :-) but if I could avoid them, I would. If not, no biggie.

Fair enough. It's not often I see anti-EFF folks, so I appreciate the elaboration.

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