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Timeline of HTTPS adoption

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| 2014 || {{dts|September 8}} || Website || Reddit || Opt-in HTTPS-only || Reddit gives logged-in users the option of using the site purely on HTTPS.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://redditblog.com/2014/09/08/hell-its-about-time-reddit-now-supports-full-site-https/|title = Hell, It’s About Time – reddit now supports full-site HTTPS|date = September 8, 2014|accessdate = November 19, 2017|publisher = Reddit}}</ref>
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| 2014 || {{dts|September 29}} || CDN || Cloudflare || Default HTTPS-only || Cloudflare announces that it is rolling out universal SSL for all its users. This only affects connections to Cloudflare, and does not focre websites to upgrade their main site to HTTPS; however, all website owners are encouraged to upgrade their sites as well. In a blog post, Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince explains the transition and the motivation behind it.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-universal-ssl/|title = Introducing Universal SSL|date = September 29, 2014|accessdate = December 1, 2019|publisher = Cloudflare|last = Prince|firrst = Matthew}}</ref>
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| 2014 || {{dts|November 18}} || Certificate authority || Let's Encrypt || Free HTTPS certificates || {{w|Let's Encrypt}}, a certificate authority service that can issue HTTPS certificates for three months for free (with some limitations on the types of certificate and the conditions under which certificates can be issued), is publicly announced. The service would issue its first certificate on September 14, 2015, and leave beta on April 12, 2016.
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