On Jun 7, 2018, at 8:24 PM, George <g.lis...@nodeunit.com> wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 7 Jun 2018 14:31:22 -0400
> Richard Hipp <d...@sqlite.org> wrote:
> 
>> As an experiment, I have reconfigured the sqlite.org website to
>> redirect all HTTP requests over to HTTPS.
>> 
>> Let me know if this causes anybody any unnecessary grief.  It is easy
>> enough to undo the setting.
>> 
> 
> Why can't we have both? I mean the software is in the public domain
> there is nothing to hide so what's the point of encrypting the site?

“Why HTTPS Matters,” published by Google, the entity that controls the 
market-majority web browser and search engine, and thus is in a position to 
determine how the web works to a large extent:

    
https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/security/encrypt-in-transit/why-https

Additionally, SQLite’s web site *does* have sensitive information: official 
tarballs, checksums, logins on the Fossil instance, etc.  Someone who could 
interfere with the integrity of SQLite could do a *lot* of damage worldwide.

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