{"id":107756,"date":"2020-11-08T22:30:52","date_gmt":"2020-11-08T19:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/your-old-android-device-will-no-longer-support-many-websites-in-2021\/"},"modified":"2020-11-08T22:30:52","modified_gmt":"2020-11-08T19:30:52","slug":"your-old-android-device-will-no-longer-support-many-websites-in-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/your-old-android-device-will-no-longer-support-many-websites-in-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"#Your old Android device will no longer support many websites in 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Your old Android device will no longer support many websites in 2021<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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\nA root certificate change may force Android device owners to upgrade if they want to surf many secure websites.
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\nImage: Rafael Henrique\/SOPA Images\/LightRocket via Getty Images\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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If you have an old Android phone, it may be time to really consider an upgrade.<\/p>\n

According to a report from <\/a>, many secure websites will no longer work on devices with Android versions prior to 7.1.1 Nougat. Here\u2019s what\u2019s happ<\/a>ening.<\/p>\n

The certification non-profit organization <\/a> recently announced that its partnership with certification authority IdenTrust will end on Sept. 1, 2021. With no plans to renew, Let\u2019s Encrypt is planning to completely switch over to its own root certificate and stop default cross-signaling for IdenTrust\u2019s on January 11.<\/p>\n

In layperson’s terms, this means that many secure websites will no longer be compatible with older versions of Android.<\/p>\n

This could end up being a problem. As Let\u2019s Encrypt notes, 33.8 percent of Android devices are running these older versions of the operating system. Those devices will experience certificate errors when trying to visit many secure websites starting in 2021.<\/p>\n

So, if you were thinking of updating your old Android device, now might be a good time before it becomes obsolete.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, if you don\u2019t want to upgrade your phone, you may still have options. Let\u2019s Encrypt has <\/a> that old Android device owners download Firefox and use it for their web browsing needs.<\/p>\n

“For an Android phone\u2019s built-in browser, the list of trusted root certificates comes from the operating system \u2013 which is out of date on these older phones,” explains a post on the organization\u2019s website. “However, Firefox is currently unique among browsers \u2013 it ships with its own list of trusted root certificates. So anyone who installs the latest Firefox version gets the benefit of an up-to-date list of trusted certificate authorities, even if their operating system is out of date.”<\/p>\n

But fair warning: That could solve the mobile browsing issues for now, but you may still experience certificate errors when using apps on your old Android device, making an upgrade necessary.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

By Matt Binder<\/span><\/p>\n

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