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>To me, this issue looks a lot like security for security's sake. I think this is only a reasonable consideration when the implementation is inconvenient. We'r
by apawloski 14y ago
>To me, this issue looks a lot like security for security's sake.
I think this is only a reasonable consideration when the implementation is inconvenient. We're talking about an SSL login on a site that already uses HTTPS. This is not a particularly difficult endeavour.
- brudgers 14y agoConvenience doesn't make it any more purposeful. And SSL communications take up more bandwidth. I'd add that using SSL for the sake of using SSL may give HN'ers a false impression regarding the priority given to securing communications on the news site. HN does not have a private messaging system (at least at my karma level) and the bottom line is that my communications are being published to the internet at large. It is difficult to see what purpose security serves.