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At a guess, it was built years ago by an agency selected on the basis of anything other than technical competence. As a result it probably has thousands of hard
by blowski 11y ago
At a guess, it was built years ago by an agency selected on the basis of anything other than technical competence. As a result it probably has thousands of hard coded HTTP links and an oddly configured out of date web server.
Given the 'encryption is only used by terrorists' climate, spending the time and money to make it work for https sounds like a hard sell.
No sources, but I have done some work in UK public sector and that kind of story would match.
- SFJulie 11y agoWell it does the job, and if it aint broken why fix it?
- unepipe 11y agoIt creates an easy vector for MITM attacks - could be done by nefarious parties on US citizens traveling in other countries for example.
- SFJulie 11y agoSo looking who are your senators is putting you at risk? Isn't it a tad paranoid?
- unepipe 11y agoIt creates an easy vector for MITM attacks - could be done by nefarious parties on US citizens traveling in other countries for example.