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Re:Intent to deprecate: Insecure HTTP by blowski on Monday April 13, 2015 @02:39PM (#9369497)
> It will also pretty much get rid of privacy, since to get the cert you will need to provide someone with your detailed information.

If you're using a self-signed certificate, you don't need to provide information to anyone.

> Using self-signed certs will become harder.

Why?

I haven't given this much thought yet, but these don't sound like convincing arguments against the proposition.

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Re:Intent to deprecate: Insecure HTTP by mariusz79 on Monday April 13, 2015 @02:43PM (#9369521)
Because all of the modern browsers already make it harder for users to use them. It will only get worse.
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