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by dispose13432 3459 days ago
>Some of us have a different opinion based on our own genuinely-held beliefs

Such as?

Browsing a website with an adblocker in a public place may literally give me a virus.

That's what HTTPS everywhere protects against.

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Browsing any infected website, HTTPS or otherwise, may give you a virus.
Right, but if it's HTTPS, only the website can give you a virus. If it's HTTP, the website can give you a virus, plus the owner of any network device your requests traveled through on the way to and from the website. That's often a lot of owners.