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Why are you using http (non-s) in 2024?
by andersa 3y ago
Why are you using http (non-s) in 2024?
- whstl 3y agoThis decision ultimately belongs website owners. OP can unilaterally block connections to those sites, but this breaks/blocks those websites in a manner that is as bad as Comcast injecting ads.
- crotchfire 3y agoNo certificate expiration to deal with. Also a good reason to use .onion.
- swayvil 3y agoBecause concerning myself with security in this case is absurd. The ubiquitous concern with security is absurd.
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- andersa 3y agoBut the OP was concerned with security, namely that someone was intercepting his http connection and messing with it.
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- superkuh 3y agoI was/am more concerned with functionality and the fact that what they're doing should be illegal. The Comcast MITM attack I experienced literally broke the functionality of the steam browser (~2015).