"Web clients are no less secure, since browsers actually check the certificates." Only if you're pinning the cert... ssh does not rely on a hazy collection of

"Web clients are no less secure, since browsers actually check the certificates." Only if you're pinning the cert... ssh does not rely on a hazy collection of 500+ middlemen that includes several rogue governments and very poorly behaved corporations to give you the "lock icon". In ssh, the key matches perfectly or it doesn't. SSL ? Not so much ...