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Re:Why does APT not use HTTPS? by brazzy on Monday January 21, 2019 @11:09AM (#18961254)
> The real discussion is not "blindly use HTTPS, or leave it like it is", for me the real interesting question is: can we design a package distribution system that preserves privacy against nation state level actors?

That is certainly an intersting theoretical question, but in practice there is also the question of the costs of something that requires you to change and complicate the whole distributed infrastructure vs. the benefits - are there actually real people who need privacy against "nation state level actors" specifically concerning the Linux packages they install?

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Re:Why does APT not use HTTPS? by DoctorOetker on Monday January 21, 2019 @12:59PM (#18962096)
what about journalists, whistleblowers, strictly vocal critics of the centralized surveillance state [0], lawyers, politicians, ... ?

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16947652

EDIT: just adding, we also don't know what the cost is of the most efficient privacy presevering distribution method actually is. only when people investigate and try will we find out.

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