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Re:Read first pages of novels, and reveal the author and tit... by berbec on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @01:09PM (#17181043)
Great idea. No HTTPS?
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Re:Read first pages of novels, and reveal the author and tit... by TruthSHIFT on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @01:11PM (#17181049)
I feel ignorant about this. Why would this site need HTTPS?
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Re:Read first pages of novels, and reveal the author and tit... by kodablah on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @01:21PM (#17181139)
Put concisely, so nobody can inject content in-transit.
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Re:Read first pages of novels, and reveal the author and tit... by bnav6 on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @01:37PM (#17181282)
Use an ISP that you can trust.
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Re:Read first pages of novels, and reveal the author and tit... by lghh on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @01:41PM (#17181317)
For most of us in the US, that isn't an option. Also, your ISP isn't the only point of attack for injections.
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Re:Read first pages of novels, and reveal the author and tit... by Bedon292 on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @06:37PM (#17183394)
Search engines and browsers are quickly headed towards essentially requiring HTTPS. So probably want it from that stand point.

And, first thing I can think of is affiliate links. The site is all affiliate links, but I can just MITM it and just sub in my own number and get credit.

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Re:Read first pages of novels, and reveal the author and tit... by yesenadam on Tuesday May 29, 2018 @09:56PM (#17184416)
ngate's Discourse on HTTPS. I don't know how accurate it is, but it's a good read!

http://n-gate.com/software/2017/07/12/0/

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Re:Read first pages of novels, and reveal the author and tit... by icebraining on Wednesday May 30, 2018 @06:27AM (#17186504)
Doesn't seem factually inaccurate, it's essentially saying "not my problem". I assume the incompetence accusation on LE is due to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11881704.
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