It's even worse than it appears.
Saturday, February 29, 2020
Poll: Sanders or Biden?#
I gave $100 to Biden's campaign.#
This is kind of a milestone. "HTTPS is great, but it isn’t for everything. It shouldn’t be for personal sites." There's a bigger picture. Google shouldn't try to take control of HTTP. As I say in my FAQ, Google is a guest on the web, as we all are. Guests don't make the rules. There are good reasons to keep HTTP simple. None of us have the right to change it. It is what it is. Scripting News will never be forced to do anything by Google, I don't recognize their authority to force anyone to do anything on the web. If HTTPS is such a great idea, there would be no reason to force anyone to do it, we'd do it because we want to. More here. #
2016: "The problem of requiring HTTPS: 1.Few benefits for blog-like sites, and 2. The costs are prohibitive."#
Also in 2016 from Miguel de Icaza: "Most newcomers are only learning, and before they know what a font is, they need to learn what a certificate authority is." #

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