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In my humble opinion, i find the label 'not encrypted' better fitting than 'not secure'. [ edit after replies ] Agreed, perhaps i unrightfully assumed people
by thinkMOAR 9y ago
In my humble opinion, i find the label 'not encrypted' better fitting than 'not secure'.
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Agreed, perhaps i unrightfully assumed people now what 'encrypted' means. Growing up with computers i don't know any better and sometimes forget or can't properly imagine what layman know and don't know.
- Operyl 9y agoTo the users they’re trying to target here, Not Secure makes a lot more sense than Not Encrypted I think.
- mattrick 9y agoIMO, "Not Secure" means a lot more to the layperson than "Not Encrypted". They're trying to push HTTPS adoption by punishing websites that don't use it. Sure "Not Encrypted" is more accurate, but not everybody is going to know what that means.
- cesarb 9y agoHTTPS is more than just "encrypted", it's also "authenticated". That is, plain-text HTTP and FTP is not only "Not Encrypted", but also "Not Authenticated"; saying "Not Secure" captures both properties at the same time.
- Gracana 9y ago"Authenticated" is debatable. Someone has spent a few minutes on a third-party website to enable the green checkbox. Whether that means they are who you think they are is another matter.
- tentaTherapist 9y agoYeah, it's authenticated but only to the degree that you know that they own the domain name, and there are no other guarantees that they are who they say they are. Secure is way too strong a word.
- paulddraper 9y agoThey're certainly authenticated as the domain. They're not authenticated as anything else.
- btreesOfSpring 9y agoNot Secure: <reason0>, <reason1>, <reasonN>
- DonHopkins 9y agoBut "secure" is what the "s" in "https" actually stands for.