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 > > > GPG Key: A462 6CBA FF37 6039 D2D7 5544 97BA 9CE7 61A0 963B > > > https://status.fsf.org/johns | https://fsf.org/blogs/RSS > > > > > > Do you use free software? Donate to join the FSF and support freedom at > > > https://my.fsf.org/join. > > > > > > Fest-list mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.blug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fest-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Fest-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.blug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fest-list > _______________________________________________ > Fest-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.blug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fest-list >
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