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This one point alone is enough for me to reject Free Basics: "HTTPS support: We encrypt information for Free Basics wherever possible." Huh? As a service prov
by pinkunicorn 11y ago
This one point alone is enough for me to reject Free Basics:
"HTTPS support:
We encrypt information for Free Basics wherever possible."
Huh? As a service provider, why would I want YOU to encrypt traffic between my customer and me? I mean, it defeats the purpose of HTTPS. Its literally saying "I'm going to be a Man in the Middle and for a change, I'll also have the keys to decrypt the traffic". Yeah, right.
- chdir 11y agoMore wonky stuff : https://developers.facebook.com/docs/internet-org/platform-technical-guidelines https://developers.facebook.com/docs/internet-org/platform-t... "When people use the Free Basics mobile website, information is temporarily decrypted on our secure servers to ensure proper functionality of the services and to avoid unexpected charges to people."
- pinkunicorn 11y agoFacebook servers will be saying, "Hold on, so you want to buy a Camera, noted down(I've recommendations for you by the way). We're good now and I can send you to your destination. All for performance reasons of course." I had respect for Zuckerberg, have lost it completely.
- wutbrodo 11y ago> I had respect for Zuckerberg, have lost it completely. Do you mind if I ask why? Zuckerberg is perhaps alone among tech figures in that I've never really had any respect for. Hell, Steve Jobs was a pretty scummy guy, to users/competitors/partners/everyone, and yet I still have more respect for him. Zuckerberg's attitude towards the user has been pretty consistently shitty going all the way back to the very beginning of the "thefacebook" service ("they trust me -- dumb fucks"). The guy's as cynical as they come.