Doing HTTPS everywhere in the .gov space

[Juan]

	Thanks for the update Eric.




On Tue, 18 Nov 2014 14:23:10 -0500
Eric Mill <eric at konklone.com> wrote:

> 
> I wasn't trolling. I've been a member of this list, and paying close
> attention to the field, since well before I joined the US government
> (which happened back in May).
> 
> Before this, I worked for 5 years at a relatively adversarial
> non-profit group focused on government transparency, called the
> Sunlight Foundation.
> 
> I also did personal work on furthering encryption and drawing
> attention to government surveillance:
> 
> https://konklone.com/post/switch-to-https-now-for-free
> https://konklone.com/post/the-door-to-the-fisa-court
> https://twitter.com/fisacourt
> 
> I still work on them, and stuff like it, in my personal capacity. I'm
> on the record in all kinds of places, in my personal capacity,
> supporting what Edward Snowden did and pushing for technical changes
> and policy reform to curtail surveillance.
> 
> I completely expect (and find welcome and appropriate) high levels of
> skepticism for anything the US government does. All I can tell you is
> where I'm coming from, and the actions my team is taking.
> 
> In my government capacity, when https://letsencrypt.org is
> operational next year, I hope to get as many .gov domains to use
> their certificates as I can.
> 
> -- Eric
> 
> 
>