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Re:PIA: Our Merger with Kape Technologies – Addressing Your ... by dx87 on Saturday November 23, 2019 @10:17AM (#21614515)
It doesn't seem very trustworthy when the whole page talks about how much they value privacy, then the video at the bottom of the page requires you to enter an email address to watch it.
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Re:PIA: Our Merger with Kape Technologies – Addressing Your ... by entropea on Saturday November 23, 2019 @10:33AM (#21614598)
Also no https://
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Re:PIA: Our Merger with Kape Technologies – Addressing Your ... by ecf on Saturday November 23, 2019 @10:53AM (#21614689)
This is the kicker here. Nothing else matters.

A business dedicated to privacy is completely incompetent if they can’t even use HTTPS.

I cancelled my sub minutes after learning about the news. I would hope the PIA engineer can see through what buyout propaganda they are being fed and see the writing on the wall.

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Re:PIA: Our Merger with Kape Technologies – Addressing Your ... by joshmn on Saturday November 23, 2019 @12:06PM (#21615087)
The user seemed to only omit HTTPS. It certainly is configured for SSL.

https://investors.kape.com/about-us

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Re:PIA: Our Merger with Kape Technologies – Addressing Your ... by lightedman on Saturday November 23, 2019 @03:01PM (#21616156)
The company is still incompetent if they're not forcing that HTTP request to HTTPS.
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Re:PIA: Our Merger with Kape Technologies – Addressing Your ... by system2 on Sunday November 24, 2019 @01:55AM (#21618868)
Server sided redirection mistake. Most likely crappy developers were hired, or they don't care about their website in general.
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Re:PIA: Our Merger with Kape Technologies – Addressing Your ... by jammygit on Saturday November 23, 2019 @06:18PM (#21617288)
Incompetent seems a bit harsh. Sloppy or careless is more accurate
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Re:PIA: Our Merger with Kape Technologies – Addressing Your ... by Jamwinner on Saturday November 23, 2019 @04:27PM (#21616683)
Defaulting*, forcing it can ocasionally be an issue.
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Re:PIA: Our Merger with Kape Technologies – Addressing Your ... by craftinator on Saturday November 23, 2019 @11:01AM (#21614734)
I'm cancelling mine because of this as well. Your bank should know enough to keep locks on it's doors...
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