I’ve not read this yet, just passing it along, as it looks really interesting.
I’m not affiliated in any way with this.
ETA: If anyone has read it / bought a copy, a review would be very appreciated.
Why would the lack of SSL concern you?
Because it means my traffic to that site is in the clear. And while we’re not transacting anything sensitive necessarily. It’s still best practice to limit sniffing.
Automatically swapping to https should be default behavior for every website.
There’s no need to encrypt this data. Any entity that is watching you knows how to see the domains you visit, and everything on this site is on the main page, or a click away from it.
An SSL here is nothing more than security theater, or marketing.
An SSL here is nothing more than security theater, or marketing.
Or like I already said… is best practice.
“Best practice” isn’t a catch-all rebuttal. Best practices are contextual. I’m keen to see your justification for encryption beyond “all sites should encrypt everything always”.
My assertion is that this isn’t necessary in this case. Why do you think that it is necessary to encrypt open-source, freely available, non-controversial site content?
