On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 10:01 PM, Andrew Kay <[email protected]> wrote:
> So plaintext is BETTER than SSL or TLS, and caps lock is BETTER than > logic. Got it. Please never try to give advice about security again. Just because using a self-signed cert enables encryption does not automatically make it somehow better than plain text. The danger of using one is that anybody can generate one, including a man-in-the-middle attacker. Stealing your login in this way is no more challenging than intercepting it in plain text. The self-signed cert does nothing more than provide a false sense of security. At least with plain-text, the danger is known but like I said before, it's probably only a matter of time before they stop supporting that too (Microsoft already have FYI). -- Marko -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
