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The one thing that HTTPS provides on non-sensitive, or even non-interactive sites is privacy; it hides the request URI from prying eyes (ISP, government etc.) T
by calcifer 9y ago
The one thing that HTTPS provides on non-sensitive, or even non-interactive sites is privacy; it hides the request URI from prying eyes (ISP, government etc.) That's worth a lot to me.
- DamonHD 9y agoMy sites are totally anodyne and not going to cause anyone any embarrassment; bank auditors tell me to relax a bit. The Chinese government was happy to grant me a site 'licence'. That's not worth a slow-to-load or even failing-to-load page.
- RodericDay 9y agoIf all inoffensive sites ditched HTTPS, merely making an HTTPS request would justifiably arouse suspicion. It's important to make sure that inoffensive sites are behind the same barrier, to make that a poor signal.
- DamonHD 9y agoWe have to hurt everyone to attempt to mask this weak signal?