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A comment on Monzo’s Response to Cloudbleed. Parent comment

Re:Monzo’s Response to Cloudbleed by otabdeveloper on Friday February 24, 2017 @11:00AM (#13724793)
Because the "HTTPS everywhere or you're a dinosaur and you don't deserve to live" hysteria forced everyone to put HTTPS even in places where it doesn't belong.
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Re:Monzo’s Response to Cloudbleed by jon-wood on Friday February 24, 2017 @11:21AM (#13724981)
I'm pretty sure "in front of the API for people's bank account" is exactly the place HTTPS belongs.
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Re:Monzo’s Response to Cloudbleed by scrollaway on Friday February 24, 2017 @12:35PM (#13725701)
> put HTTPS even in places where it doesn't belong

Like an online banking app?

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