Add HTTPS?

[Kargath]

Getting a basic certificate is free!
https://letsencrypt.org/
I still get nervous browsing this site logged in. I don't like the idea of my cookies getting snaffled.

[mushroom]

grood idea imo

[I am nobody]

+1

Then I can stop hiding this site in its own container. >_>

[Marilink]

I’m for it.

[steeze]

Aye.

[smol Kat]

/barn

[mushroom]

@Shane any thoughts?

[Shane]

Not particularly. Have considered it. Probably will eventually.

[ScottyMcGee]

Is it just me or is a little ironic that Facebook and Google are some of the donors/sponsors?

[I am nobody]

^HTTPS is just a protocol.

[ScottyMcGee]

Yeah but like. You know. It's all about giving people access to a more secure and private connection.

[I am nobody]

Right, I mean it doesn't have donors/sponsors. It's just an agreed upon standard.

FB and Google push it in part because it doesn't protect the URL, so third parties can read traffic and see what people were searching for, etc. Since there's a very good chance you're either talking to them directly or using a site that has their tracking cookies, it's very much in their interest that traffic reveals as little data as possible.

HTTPS has loads of benefits to average users as well, obviously, but it isn't hurting established advertising companies.

[Booyakasha]

...everytime I see this topic, I momentarily think it's some of AtJs 'How to Train Your Dragon' biz for a second. Then I remember.

[smol Kat]

How to Train... Protocol Standards?

[Booyakasha]

'How to Train Pegasus Steeds'

It's the alternate universe version of HTTYD, where everyone gets magical flying talking horsey friends to ride and have adventures with. My brony dream!