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I think that imposing decisions on others for their own good is a dangerous path to take. You stop considering them as adults capable of taking rational decisio
by ajnin 9y ago
I think that imposing decisions on others for their own good is a dangerous path to take. You stop considering them as adults capable of taking rational decisions but as children that need ot be shown the light, by employing authority and force if necessary. The enlightened technological elite thinks that HTTPS is better so they have decided to impose that decision on everyone else.
It should always be a choice. If something is insecure, show a warning, in big red bold letters if you have to, but allow the freedom of choice to the end-user. But here, what do we have ? Many newer Javascript, HTML or HTTP features are restricted to HTTPS. Even things like Brotli stream compression which bear no security implications. This is done only to coerce people to use HTTPS.