If it's to benefit the users, why isn't it optional -- and announced on
ol-discuss or someplace else public?

I applaud supporting HTTPS, but it should be optional.  HTTPS defeats
browser plugins and other useful stuff.

Tom


On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 7:21 PM, Anand Chitipothu <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> As part of the efforts to improve the privacy of users, 
> openlibrary.orgwebsite is now only available via https.
>
> https://openlibrary.org/
>
> All the existing links to http://openlibrary.org/ will be automatically
> redirected to https://openlibrary.org/.
>
> The xxx.json URLs will continue to work with http:// to make sure the
> existing API clients won't break.
>
> Please let me know if you notice any issues.
>
> Anand
>
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