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Re:What we give away when we log on to a public Wi-Fi network by k_bx on Sunday October 19, 2014 @08:14AM (#8478040)
Ah. I wonder how hard would it be to extend protocol to let Facebook, for example, state that they will never go https again, so that browser would scream.
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Re:What we give away when we log on to a public Wi-Fi network by Quentangle on Sunday October 19, 2014 @08:38AM (#8478078)
If you meant to say "never go http again", then the protocol for that already exists.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Strict_Transport_Security

https://plus.google.com/+JoshuaBerg/posts/YrdsMzYzotr

https://hstspreload.appspot.com/

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Re:What we give away when we log on to a public Wi-Fi network by k_bx on Sunday October 19, 2014 @11:53AM (#8478563)
That is cool, thank you!
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Re:What we give away when we log on to a public Wi-Fi network by DasIch on Sunday October 19, 2014 @08:44AM (#8478094)
Isn't this exactly what HSTS is for?
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