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Re:Consider disabling HTTPS auto redirects by xg15 on Monday June 27, 2022 @11:22AM (#31895827)
> Even on static sites, HTTPS prevents a MITM from telling what pages you're reading, or introducing falsehoods into the content. It's not "overuse" to use HTTPS there.

Also scripts. Even if the site itself is completely uninteresting to an attacker, he can still inject scripts which attack 3rd-party sites or exploit browser vulnerabilites to gain access to the machine. (Though, to be fair, the same is possible with ads)

> If you care about sustainable technology, you should be demanding that Apple provide updates for hardware longer, or open-source everything so that the community can.

I can't really agree with that point. How much longer is "longer" supposed to be? 6 years? 10 years? 50 years? To a software dev, supporting any piece of technology for 50 years sounds completely outrageous, yet that was the generally accepted lifespan of many consumer devices not long ago.

IMO, hardware/software that requires continuous updates is not sustainable, period. At some point, you'll always be in a position where the vendor is unwilling to keep up work for a product. Maybe you'll have some volunteers to fill the gap, but that's nothing that you can take for granted. At that point, if the device becomes e-waste, it's not sustainable.

Re:Consider disabling HTTPS auto redirects by josephcsible on Monday June 27, 2022 @05:35PM (#31901163)
> How much longer is "longer" supposed to be?

For as long as nobody else is capable of doing so. Don't forget the part where I said "or open-source everything so that the community can". If they did that from day 1, I wouldn't care if they never provided any official updates.

Re:Consider disabling HTTPS auto redirects by dingosity on Monday June 27, 2022 @11:51AM (#31896290)
demanding apple do ANYTHING is sort of an uphill battle.