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Termination of StartCom business

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Re: Termination of StartCom business

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Post by pferde »

Apparently, they also sent out an e-mail with the same text to their customers, with an addendum that they are going to try to get a certificate for each customer with other CAs, and that to opt-out, one has to send them an e-mail.

I found that addendum quite strange. Such thing should be opt-in, in my opinion.

Re: Termination of StartCom business

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Post by jstanley »

pferde wrote: post #2

Apparently, they also sent out an e-mail with the same text to their customers, with an addendum that they are going to try to get a certificate for each customer with other CAs, and that to opt-out, one has to send them an e-mail. I found that addendum quite strange. Such thing should be opt-in, in my opinion.

Text of the email is here: https://pastebin.com/6BCCFtJx

Re: Termination of StartCom business

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Post by cdancette »

pferde wrote: post #2

Apparently, they also sent out an e-mail with the same text to their customers, with an addendum that they are going to try to get a certificate for each customer with other CAs, and that to opt-out, one has to send them an e-mail. I found that addendum quite strange. Such thing should be opt-in, in my opinion.

I received the email, and I agree, I thought "Just leave me and my certificates alone would you?" They did enough damage already

Re: Termination of StartCom business

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Post by rspeer »

It's funny that this message appears next to a cheery pitch offering you a StartCom EV certificate for "Only US$199.90".

Yes, I know that changing website templates requires effort, and that's effort that they no longer have any reason to spend.

Re: Termination of StartCom business

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Post by ahoka »

pferde wrote: post #2

Apparently, they also sent out an e-mail with the same text to their customers, with an addendum that they are going to try to get a certificate for each customer with other CAs, and that to opt-out, one has to send them an e-mail. I found that addendum quite strange. Such thing should be opt-in, in my opinion.

Maybe you get a shiny new Turk Trust cert in exchange. Who knows.

Re: Termination of StartCom business

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Post by mike-cardwell »

pferde wrote: post #2

Apparently, they also sent out an e-mail with the same text to their customers, with an addendum that they are going to try to get a certificate for each customer with other CAs, and that to opt-out, one has to send them an e-mail. I found that addendum quite strange. Such thing should be opt-in, in my opinion.

Probably just a roundabout way to say that they're selling their customer data and you have to contact them to opt out.

Re: Termination of StartCom business

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Post by therein »

ahoka wrote: post #7
pferde wrote: post #2

Apparently, they also sent out an e-mail with the same text to their customers, with an addendum that they are going to try to get a certificate for each customer with other CAs, and that to opt-out, one has to send them an e-mail. I found that addendum quite strange. Such thing should be opt-in, in my opinion.

Maybe you get a shiny new Turk Trust cert in exchange. Who knows.

Why Turk Trust?
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