My comments re the announcement from @jeffjarvis of the CUNY scholarship to do Masto-Journalism..
Hey Dave - Not sure if it’s a big deal for you but thought I should share. On Firefox 108.0.2 (64-bit).
@Deus @davew @jeffjarvis HTTPS is no guarantee that a site s secure. Twice I have followed HTTPS links to a reputable publication from my timeline only to have a clearly malicious pop up, likely from an ad provider, present a fake warning that my antivirus is out of date and I should click the (obviously to me malicious) link on center stage with no access to a back arrow (in other words, it hijacked the entire HTTPS session, I’m guessing via a hidden frame). Luckily all I had to do was close the tab to be rid of this evil thing and resume browsing my timeline.
HTTPS is no guarantee that a site s secure
I understand and know. Browsers now set this by default or recommend this setting to users. You and I understand and would click ‘Ignore and continue’ but not all.
@davew @Deus @jeffjarvis @EvilKiru super eye opening post. Hadn’t thought about it but I’m convinced. Go team http!
@JGibbard @davew @Deus @jeffjarvis @EvilKiru I don’t get it. Https is secure. Just do it. I don’t get the arguements
@ScaleOvenStove @davew @Deus @jeffjarvis @EvilKiru did you read the post?
@JGibbard @ScaleOvenStove @davew @Deus @jeffjarvis @EvilKiru I did. Seems to me like one could be upset about Chrome warning about sites not using https and prefer that important sites with which you conduct transactions use https. One could also imagine a world where every site used https but being any different. Webhosts literally give certs out for free.
Many pieces of valuable information on the Web aren't served by a "webhost" that gives out certs for free. Many interesting interactions on the web take place where one or both ends are pieces of software that don't use (and have no reason whatever to use) anything more complex than text strings over an ordinary socket. Many interesting pieces of information on the web don't have anyone maintaining them who can be bothered to convert to https (and would gain nothing whatever from that conversion). All of which and more were pretty well covered in the article!
@JGibbard @ScaleOvenStove @davew @Deus @jeffjarvis @EvilKiru
