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Re:Show HN: Hacker News front page in the style of a print n... by vikinghckr on Sunday June 28, 2020 @02:06PM (#23670728)

Is there a reason that site needs to be HTTPS? It doesn't have any user login feature, and it's read-only. So what are the arguments for making it HTTPS?

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Re:Show HN: Hacker News front page in the style of a print n... by PhantomBKB on Sunday June 28, 2020 @02:16PM (#23670829)

To prevent a man in the middle attack. There's a possibility that a hacker could inject malicious scripts into the payload, or even completely change the content of the website that you think you are viewing.

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Re:Show HN: Hacker News front page in the style of a print n... by dan1234 on Sunday June 28, 2020 @02:19PM (#23670853)

HTTPS stops the content being modified on its way to you. Some less than scrupulous ISPs have injected their own ads into pages, which would be prevented with SSL.

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Re:Show HN: Hacker News front page in the style of a print n... by thekyle on Sunday June 28, 2020 @02:18PM (#23670844)

Someone sitting between you and the site (Wifi router? ISP?) could potentially inject their own scripts.

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Re:Show HN: Hacker News front page in the style of a print n... by vikinghckr on Sunday June 28, 2020 @02:33PM (#23670973)

Thanks. All pretty valid arguments, and probably enough to outweigh any potential slight performance/latency issue.

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