Older Android smartphones won’t have access to many websites in 2021!

The recent news is not the best for users who have old Android smartphones and who love to surf the Internet. As of January 1, 2021, thousands of smartphones will no longer have access to most sites.

One of today’s leading authorities in the website certificate segment, Let’s Encrypt, has officially revealed that it will not renew its partnership with IdenTrust.

As a result, all smartphones running Android Nougat (7.1) no longer have access to many websites, as they do not support the Let’s Encrypt root certificate.

How to know if your smartphone will suffer these limitations in 2021

It is very easy to know whether or not your smartphone will be affected by these changes in the website’s certification system. Android 7.1 Nougat was officially launched in 2016, so if your smartphone is at least 4 years old, it is very likely that it will suffer.

To find out which Android version of your smartphone you need, follow these 3 steps:

• Access the smartphone settings
• Click on the “About Phone” section
• In the “Android Version” tab you can see which version is installed on your phone

If you don’t have a later version, you are sure to be affected by these changes, which will be implemented starting January 1st.

Let’s Encrypt is the market leader, Android smartphones at risk!

Let’s Encrypt is the certification authority used by over 30% of websites globally.

Besides offering a stable and highly secure service, this company offers its services for free. So it is easy to imagine that there will be many sites that will use its services.

Unfortunately, there is no simple or practical way to know which SSL certification service each site uses.

There is a possible solution, but it offers no definitive guarantees

If you don’t really want to buy a new smartphone, but want to keep accessing most sites in 2021, you have a possible solution.

You will need to forget about Google Chrome and start using FireFox. This is the only browser that uses its own certification system, which includes the ISRG root used by Let’s Encrypt.

However, there are no guarantees that applications and services outside the browser will also not be affected by these changes.

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via: Android Police

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