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Also to prevent people on your local network from snooping on your traffic and stealing credentials and other sensitive data that might be passed over the wire.

by yosito 5y ago

Also to prevent people on your local network from snooping on your traffic and stealing credentials and other sensitive data that might be passed over the wire. I once had my AWS API keys compromised this way. It was a pain to resolve that situation. I'm a lot more careful now.

switch007 5y ago
> I once had my AWS API keys compromised this way. Presumably you were copying them over the network unencrypted?