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> Doesn't use HTTPS > Use Microsoft Word to generate PDF without proper format compared to the original whitepaper > No cryptographic proof > Posted in midst
by soulchild37 8y ago
> Doesn't use HTTPS
> Use Microsoft Word to generate PDF without proper format compared to the original whitepaper
> No cryptographic proof
> Posted in midst of annual record low bitcoin price, hoping to pump it up?
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- dvfjsdhgfv 8y ago> Doesn't use HTTPS I don't understand the fetish of HTTPS. It's important when you send some data via a web form etc. that you don't want to be sniffed. But when you just want to read a website, it doesn't make any practical difference, neither to the website owner (the supposed "Satoshi" in this case), nor the visitor. If an attacker sniffs on your traffic, they'll see the address in both cases, so they'll know the content you read.
- Khalev 8y agoHttps protect the information both ways. It protect the data you upload but also the data you download. Thanks to https you can verify that the data you recieve and is displayed by your browser is the one that was sent by the server and it hasn't been modified by any of potentially multiple intermediaries between you and the server. The way the Internet works, it will try to find a way from you to the server you are trying to contact, it doesn't guarantee you that you will pass only through trusted intermediaries. There are some stories of ISP changing http content to add advertisement or changing images for "lighter" one.
- bb88 8y agoThen you can also insert your own JS say to do even worse things....