anatoly techtonik added the comment:
https does help those with security knowledge to login safely.
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R David Murray added the comment:
As Martin (I think) has said, just how damaging would compromising this
password be? Tracker changes are all reversible.
On the other hand I'm in favor of using https in general. This was discussed
on the infrastructure list, and the issue is that bugs is
R David Murray added the comment:
Well, yes, I know that is common. Unfortunately, https doesn't solve that lack
of security knowledge, since if one account gets cracked because of insecure
servers, the rest of their accounts are also compromised.