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HTTP can be used not only for spying on you, but for attacking you with malware as well (or even something as "innocent" as being injected with the ISP's own ad
by higherpurpose 12y ago
HTTP can be used not only for spying on you, but for attacking you with malware as well (or even something as "innocent" as being injected with the ISP's own ads):
https://citizenlab.org/2014/08/cat-video-and-the-death-of-clear-text/ https://citizenlab.org/2014/08/cat-video-and-the-death-of-cl...
- zaroth 12y agoThe "Great Cannon" is probably the best demonstration of the perils of unencrypted transport that we could have hoped for.
- Lx1oG-AWb6h_ZG0 12y agoYes, I agree with you, but in this specific instance, when the DRM key has been transferred securely -- and when everything in the pipeline will fail when the content is messed with -- what is the point of HTTPS?