HTTPS: the end of an era
https://medium.com/@b_k/https-the-end-of-an-era-c106acded474
Mozilla, the foundation that maintains Firefox, has announced
that it will effectively deprecate the insecure HTTP protocol,
eventually forcing all sites to use HTTPS if they hope to use
modern features. This essay explains why this was such
depressing news to me, why this shift marks the death of a way
of life ... An HTTPS site can not be built on a desert island
network, because you need a signature from a certificate
authority. A dissident is screwed, because the dissident must
give identifying information to the certificate authority.
-- Ben Klemens
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More on this theme: "When Mozilla's Fanatics Make Us All Look Bad":
http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/001099.html
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Founder:
- Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org
- PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
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