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As a bit of an aside, has anyone noticed that 4chan is not using HTTPS lately? I assume it's due to the new ownership. Does anyone have more info?
by everdrive 8y ago
As a bit of an aside, has anyone noticed that 4chan is not using HTTPS lately? I assume it's due to the new ownership. Does anyone have more info?
- LinuxBender 8y agoDo you mean not enforcing it? You can use the addon "HTTPS Everywhere" to avoid going to port 80 by mistake.
- everdrive 8y agoWell, to be frank, what I really meant was "do you think the lack of HTTPS was intentional so nefarious actors could be passively identified." But, I didn't want to pose an allegation like that with so few facts.
- LinuxBender 8y agoThe boards have a code that is created per message that when used in conjunction with the thread id, can give the IP. HTTPS only prevents your ISP from seeing what you are seeing, but there are very few truly "anon" sites. To be semi-anon, one would have to sit near an open WiFi and use a unique MAC address and a browser that has never logged into Google. Most people won't make this effort.