Thanks very much for creating this blog.  Many of my friends & I stay away
from social media sites, as well.  Skal!

On Wed, Jan 2, 2019 at 12:01 PM Jason Barbier <[email protected]> wrote:

> This one has two super easy ones that don't cross into wierd areas like SEO
>
> - Herd Immunity: If only important data is encrypted we will know who to
> beat on with a wrench to get it. If everything is encrypted rubber hose
> cryptography becomes a bit harder
>
> - Data integrity: Every persons or companies network you transverse with
> un-encrypted data increases the chances that they data can be modified in
> transit. It is possible one day to see a future where Comcast  decides to
> inject or replace ads or redirects on un-encrypted sites to help bolster
> their profit margins. Without using some sort of transit layer encryption
> or security it is hard to be sure that the site didn't get modified in
> transit.
>
> These are both things that have current real world exploits that are
> happening right now, and are IMO the real reason why everything should at
> least have an https option even if it isnt redirected to by default.
>
> ---
> Jason Barbier | E: [email protected]
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 2, 2019, at 9:09 AM, James Mason wrote:
> > Hi John,
> >
> > Yes, we can implement HTTPS on the LFNW blog, but it is a low priority.
> >
> > Devil's advocate: what benefits are you expecting from having an HTTPS
> > connection to a completely static, public web site?
> >
> > - James Mason
> >
> > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
> > On Friday, December 28, 2018 3:03 PM, John Sullivan <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >
> > > James Mason [email protected] writes:
> > >
> > > > And without further ado... the URL is
> > > > http://blog.linuxfestnorthwest.org
> > > > ... or http://blog.lfnw.org for short. Click the RSS icon at the top
> > > > or the bottom, for the RSS feed.
> > >
> > > Thanks, any chance of getting https?
> > >
> > > -john
> > >
> > > ----------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation
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> > > https://status.fsf.org/johns | https://fsf.org/blogs/RSS
> > >
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