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Flash
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#21 Post by Flash »

Hmm, are we the only http website left? I just tried wikipedia.org and time.gov. Both of them are https. Why would a website that does nothing but tell what time it is be encrypted?

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#22 Post by mikeb »

Hmm, are we the only http website left? I just tried wikipedia.org and time.gov. Both of them are https. Why would a website that does nothing but tell what time it is be encrypted?
It pushes out older browsers maybe...or is that just the ongoing certificate mess making it seems that way. Royal mail refuse older browsers now.... not like the security when needed did not do the job.
Adding tons of javascript just makes everything much more insecure.

One joyous side effect is that such and libraries and public wifi find it harder to block censored usage. Otherwise there is no logical gain...just part of the update or die so we can control the net/sales crud.

Dont you love those 'ok to use cookies' warnings which might have made sense 20 years ago but are more than pointless now and just waste time.

Take a neat system and clutter it to death.....a bit like the advert hell of 50/60s American TV.

Anyway on the topic there definitely seems to be certain countries and/or email providers blocking domains like this one. You can usually contact them to remove blocks by the way...I did with Hotmail twice.

mike

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