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Bit of a scare tactic. Page is an ad for Mr. Hunt's $299 course. It's all true. However, I would make the case for Pat Q. Mainstream feeling less alarmed by

Bit of a scare tactic. Page is an ad for Mr. Hunt's $299 course. It's all true. However, I would make the case for Pat Q. Mainstream feeling less alarmed by "Not Secure" messages than most HN readers. Note the Twitter example is from Mr. Hunt, not a random internet user.

Operyl 9y ago
How is it a scare tactic? It's the reality, there's not much more room for an unencrypted web nowadays. Troy can feel free to advertise whatever he wants, and what he says is still true.
peteretep 9y ago
> Page is an ad for Mr. Hunt's > $299 course I read it and at the end was unaware he had a course, so I don't think this is true.
- chillingeffect 9y ago
  "a few months ago I published a new Pluralsight course on What Every Developer Must Know About HTTPS "
skeletonjelly 9y ago
It's his MO. Every article of his is decently researched with lots of fluff, always points to another article of his, and always ends in some kind of conversion goal.
- laughfactory 9y ago
  True, but a man's gotta eat, and security is more and more critical these days. I don't begrudge him making a living while beating the drum of be-more-security-aware.
  - skeletonjelly 9y ago
    True. He's well off already though. The article that seems to stick in my head is him spruiking a wifi extender he got for free so he can access wifi on his jetski at his jetty. https://www.troyhunt.com/how-i-finally-fixed-the-dodgy-wifi-on-my-jet-ski-with-ubiquitis-unifi-mesh/ https://www.troyhunt.com/how-i-finally-fixed-the-dodgy-wifi-... I can't bemoan how many times I've had poor wifi at my jetty ;)
- jwilk 9y ago
  What's MO?
  - chillingeffect 9y ago
    Modus Operandi. "Way of doing things." A modus operandi is someone's habits of working, particularly in the context of business or criminal investigations, but also more generally. It is a Latin phrase, approximately translated as method or mode of operation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modus_operandi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modus_operandi

Operyl 9y ago

How is it a scare tactic? It's the reality, there's not much more room for an unencrypted web nowadays. Troy can feel free to advertise whatever he wants, and what he says is still true.

peteretep 9y ago

> Page is an ad for Mr. Hunt's > $299 course I read it and at the end was unaware he had a course, so I don't think this is true.

chillingeffect 9y ago
"a few months ago I published a new Pluralsight course on What Every Developer Must Know About HTTPS "

skeletonjelly 9y ago

It's his MO. Every article of his is decently researched with lots of fluff, always points to another article of his, and always ends in some kind of conversion goal.

laughfactory 9y ago
True, but a man's gotta eat, and security is more and more critical these days. I don't begrudge him making a living while beating the drum of be-more-security-aware.
- skeletonjelly 9y ago
  True. He's well off already though. The article that seems to stick in my head is him spruiking a wifi extender he got for free so he can access wifi on his jetski at his jetty. https://www.troyhunt.com/how-i-finally-fixed-the-dodgy-wifi-on-my-jet-ski-with-ubiquitis-unifi-mesh/ https://www.troyhunt.com/how-i-finally-fixed-the-dodgy-wifi-... I can't bemoan how many times I've had poor wifi at my jetty ;)
jwilk 9y ago
What's MO?
- chillingeffect 9y ago
  Modus Operandi. "Way of doing things." A modus operandi is someone's habits of working, particularly in the context of business or criminal investigations, but also more generally. It is a Latin phrase, approximately translated as method or mode of operation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modus_operandi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modus_operandi