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Re:Google is working on a new VPN service for use on open Wi... by ForHackernews on Friday March 13, 2015 @04:28PM (#9199814)
Isn't the whole point of validated HTTPS that it protects you from MITM attacks? (barring shenanigans like Lenovo) And if somebody MITMs my regular-HTTP connection...well then, oh no I might see ads instead of the blog I wanted to read.
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Re:Google is working on a new VPN service for use on open Wi... by antsar on Friday March 13, 2015 @06:03PM (#9200383)
Or, you know, redirect "http://bank.com/login" to "https://bank.com.totally.not.phishing.you.co.za".
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