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Anyone between you and the server can change the content of the page on unencrypted connections. I would love to live in a world where encryption is unnecessary
by honeycrispy 7mo ago
Anyone between you and the server can change the content of the page on unencrypted connections. I would love to live in a world where encryption is unnecessary, but unfortunately that world does not exist right now.
- cristoperb 7mo agoYou could do signatures/MAC without encryption to guarantee that the message was not modified
- UqWBcuFx6NV4r 7mo agoOkay! Cool! Let’s just (nonsensically) develop a new protocol for this small group of nerds’ fetish for ‘retro tech’. A protocol that nobody will use. You do realise that “is it technically possible?” Is like 1% of the question in computing, at most, yes? HTTP and HTTPS are what we’ve got.
- mattlondon 7mo agoThis whole post is about Gemini the protocol, a new protocol for a small group of nerds' fetish for retro tech (it's basically modern gopher).
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- bigstrat2003 7mo agoWe do live in that world. Encryption is not at all necessary for the majority of web sites out there. The practice you speak of is not commonplace and does not need active defending against.
- gzread 7mo agoICE is tracking people on social media, and the only sign it's happening to you is when they show up to your door with guns and handcuffs. If they could track who was reading subversive content, they would. It's better we don't give away more information than necessary.
- nomdep 7mo ago[dead]