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Cortez
3573 days ago
But saying something is insecure doesn't make it secure.
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StavrosK
3573 days ago
Yes it does, it forces people to avoid it, indirectly forcing the creator to make it secure.
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Cortez
3573 days ago
Avoiding it doesn't push to make it secure, communicating with the creator directly will.
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StavrosK
3573 days ago
It's unreasonable to expect Google to email every website owner in the world to tell them to switch to TLS.
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nsgi
3573 days ago
Lots of people avoiding it will give the creator a much bigger incentive, though.
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imajes
3573 days ago
No. However, Google have a plan for this. Apparently right now HTTPS is considered a 'strong signal' in google rankings, which normally gets the message to most site owners/product people.
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