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Very underrated pioneer in a lot of areas.
by _pmf_ 7y ago
Very underrated pioneer in a lot of areas.
- CharlesW 7y agoI find it sad that people would down-vote this. Regardless of how you feel about him personally, it'd be a different and far more silo'd internet without him.
- chrisfinazzo 7y agoI think his dust up with Google re HTTPS rubbed a bunch of people the wrong way. On one level, he's of an age where good intent was assumed on the web, so security wasn't a big concern. (On that note, ask John Siracusa how it felt to have TTYs @ BU be "world-writable" in 1993) On the other hand, that world is largely gone and the web is much more fraught with peril these days.
- davewiner 7y agoIn case anyone is wondering, this is the FAQ on Google and HTTP. http://this.how/googleAndHttp http://this.how/googleAndHttp As far as I know they've never responded.
- dimator 7y agoFirefox doesn't make it's decisions based on the same criteria as Google, but: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/07/18/still-not-using-https-firefox-is-about-to-shame-you/ https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/07/18/still-not-using-... What are your thoughts on that?
- davewiner 7y agoI think this is the problem with letting the tech industry take ownership of open formats and protocols.
- wwarner 7y agoGreat writeup!