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Post by Lone Wanderer on Jul 22, 2019 3:05:56 GMT
Firefox will soon mark any site that still uses HTTP and not HTTPS for the connection as not secure in the browser's address bar. Latest Let's Encrypt statistics show that more than 78% of all page loads in Firefox use HTTPS, an increase of about 6% when compared to July 2018. That leaves less than 22% of all connections and these will be marked by Firefox as not secure once Firefox 70 launches in October 2019. The push to making HTTPS the default on the web began in earnest when companies like Mozilla and especially Google started to campaign for the adoption. Google started to display the not secure indicator in Chrome if a connection used HTTP in 2018, Mozilla Firefox users could flip some switches in the browser's configuration for the same effect in 2018. www.ghacks.net/2019/07/18/firefox-to-mark-all-http-sites-as-not-secure/
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Post by Elizabeth on Jul 23, 2019 3:16:56 GMT
Why don't all sites go https? Is it not free or something?
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Post by Lone Wanderer on Jul 23, 2019 3:49:34 GMT
Why don't all sites go https? Is it not free or something? For several reasons; e.g. HTTPS/SSL certificates are more expensive than http. Someone has a personal website and they don't really need https. But if someone runs digital store, they must use https.
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Post by fschmidt on Jul 23, 2019 11:01:46 GMT
Why don't all sites go https? Is it not free or something? HTTPS is stupid pointless complexity being promoted by the evil scum of Silicon Valley. I use it for my commercial sites aimed at mainstream modern scum, but not for my non-commercial sites.
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Post by karl on Jul 23, 2019 11:41:38 GMT
Why don't all sites go https? Is it not free or something? HTTPS is stupid pointless complexity being promoted by the evil scum of Silicon Valley. I use it for my commercial sites aimed at mainstream modern scum, but not for my non-commercial sites. Could you elaborate on that? Is HTTPS not more secure?
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Post by fschmidt on Jul 23, 2019 12:56:22 GMT
Could you elaborate on that? Is HTTPS not more secure? Somewhat. It is useful for forms with sensitive data, especially when using public wifi. Other than that, it is pointless. And Google steals all your data anyway, and they are the biggest threat, and HTTPS does nothing to stop them.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2019 14:10:57 GMT
This looks more of a business strategy to push the site domain companies to charge more , and in turn making these organisations more rich.
There could be another element of stealing information
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