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Re:HTTPS on Stack Overflow: The End of a Long Road by revelation on Monday May 22, 2017 @05:04PM (#14396933)
Just like those anonymous taxi fare statistics, no one ever extracted meaning from those..
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Re:HTTPS on Stack Overflow: The End of a Long Road by dismantlethesun on Monday May 22, 2017 @05:09PM (#14396966)
The whole point is to extract meaning from analysis but not spy on personal information. Knowing which clients support what kind of SSL isn't personal, it is part of the request transaction.
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