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Re: [PATCH] test: report.at: avoid tiny new failure
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Frank Heckenbach |
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Re: [PATCH] test: report.at: avoid tiny new failure |
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Sun, 19 Jan 2020 18:07:28 +0100 |
Akim Demaille wrote:
> (Why do we promote https https? What do we actually gain? I can see
> it make machines work more and waste more electricity which is quite at
> odds with trying to be kind to the planet. So I guess there must be some
> real added value, but which one?)
https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/security/encrypt-in-transit/why-https
TL/DR: Prevents MITM (though in case of Bison downloads, checking
GPG signatures does the same, better, but must be done manually),
and user behaviour sniffing.
STL/DR: Google says so.
Regards,
Frank