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While I appreciate your encouragement, I really dislike the trend of everyone using HTTPS. It's wasteful, it's inconvenient, it's unnecessary, it's overly compl

While I appreciate your encouragement, I really dislike the trend of everyone using HTTPS. It's wasteful, it's inconvenient, it's unnecessary, it's overly complex, and it doesn't even provide much real security. People still get hacked, corporations still leak data, the governments of the world continue to spy on our digital emissions. But HTTPS gives everyone a nice fuzzy comfy warm blanket of security to wrap themselves around and forget about the pale reality of life on the internet. (My apologies, I've been really into Russian literature lately) I don't think anybody would want to implement the kinds of technology and solutions I would provide, because every time I bring them up (in forums like this one, and others), people either ignore them or argue against them, and I have no interest in pushing large boulders up hills. But I would like to thank you for your work. I appreciate that you all are trying to make things better.

collinmanderson 9y ago
> it's inconvenient, it's unnecessary, it's overly complex, and it doesn't even provide much real security. People still get hacked, corporations still leak data, the governments of the world continue to spy on our digital emissions. But HTTPS gives everyone a nice fuzzy comfy warm blanket of security to wrap themselves around and forget about the pale reality of life on the internet. Yes, it's inconvenient, and people will still get hacked, but it's also getting easier to do, it _does_ help, and as Snowden showed, encryption really does help deter governments from spying. I think it's currently unfair to https websites that non-https websites aren't considered insecure.