Millions of old phones, laptops, and IoT stuff could stop working later this week that use an old Let's Encrypt cert...

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Millions of old phones, laptops, and smart gadgets could stop working later this week for a weird reason - Washington Examiner

The internet connectivity on older tech devices and smart gadgets could stop working on Thursday after a key digital certificate required to access websites safely expires.Let's Encrypt, a nonprofit organization that is the largest issuer of digital certificates — which encrypts and protects the...

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Who is using an android device with firmware below 2.3.6 ?? must be stupid or time traveler from last century
windows xp? ok...

 

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Up to recently, I've been using an old LG phone for internal use (HA and Blue Iris), that can't access the internet. Replaced it with a FireTablet on prime day. Just because it's old, doesn't mean you can't find a use for it