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I just meant calling this a tipping point is misleading. It uses that statistic to paint a picture that's not representative of the reality. The first line of
by lucideer 10y ago
I just meant calling this a tipping point is misleading. It uses that statistic to paint a picture that's not representative of the reality.
The first line of the article:
> HTTPS adoption has now reached the moment of critical mass where it's gathering enough momentum that it will very shortly become "the norm" rather than the exception
This statistic doesn't logically follow through to that conclusion in any way.
I am hopeful that HTTPS is becoming the norm, but this particular stat just doesn't really give any insight either way.
- swsieber 10y agoYou could define the "norm" in one of two ways though - the user experience norm, and the server setup norm. If a user sees HTTPS most of the time (seeing the lock in the URL bar, even if just from a few large sights), then that is their norm - they'd expect that all sights would do that.
- lucideer 10y agoMaybe, but - despite the constant back and forth by the tech community about the minutiae of address bar security indicator UX - nobody really notices whether they're on a HTTP or HTTPS site. The new warnings for password fields are a promising step however.