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Re:Why does APT not use HTTPS? by sbrazzy on Monday January 21, 2019 @10:39AM (#18961033)
This can easily be solved by inflating the wire size of the file but the received download, transmitting junk packets, that fail to decode, but still look like encrypted noise to an eavesdropper.
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Re:Why does APT not use HTTPS? by anticensor on Monday January 21, 2019 @11:12AM (#18961276)
Not everyone uses fast unlimited internet.
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Re:Why does APT not use HTTPS? by ghurui on Monday January 21, 2019 @12:04PM (#18961684)
Pretty much everyone using Debian flavored Linux is.
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