John,
I've seen some differences in https vs https, namely:
* The ads, I haven't seen them on https, but only on http.
* Blocking Wikipedia/Commons, https is difficult to block.
I suggest everyone start using https.
On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 4:00 PM, John Vandenberg wrote:
> I'm quite sure that browser addons can inject Ads into https, if they
> want to. so https is not the answer to this problem. do you have
> evidence otherwise?
>
> On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 1:05 PM, Sumana Harihareswara
> wrote:
> >> Anirudh Bhati wrote:
> >>> On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Debanjan Bandyopadhyay <
> debast...@gmail.com
> >>> wrote:
> >>> Ok then can we not make the default version the https one like say
> google
> >>> does.
> >>
> >> This will not be a permanent solution, I'm afraid.
> >
> > Encrypting your browser traffic does quite durably protect you against
> > the kind of injection attacks we're discussing (the injection of
> > advertisements). I personally use the HTTPS Everywhere plugin
> > (available for Chrome and Firefox) to ensure that I always browse
> > Wikimedia and many other sites under SSL protection (that is, via HTTPS).
> >
> > https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere
> >
> > I'm not suggesting that we set out to persuade millions of people to
> > switch to open source browsers and install this extension, but if you're
> > already using Firefox or Chrome, I recommend HTTPS Everywhere for your
> > own peace of mind.
> >
> > The most recent discussion, among Wikimedia developers, of whether to
> > switch to HTTPS-by-default for all connections:
> >
> >
> http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2012-April/thread.html#59551
> >
> > In it, Ryan Lane from Wikimedia operations says that there are practical
> > reasons that "we have no plans for anonymous HTTPS by default, but will
> > eventually default to HTTPS for logged-in users":
> >
> > http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2012-April/059580.html
> >
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