[Mz]

Why are you surprised?

Not surprised. Just trying to verify if he had the subject matter expertise I thought he had or not so I can better understand the discussion. Since I am a member here, security of the site does matter to me as it potentially directly impacts me. But I lack your depth of knowledge of the subject. So the credentials of different speakers matters to my understanding. For someone like me, whether he is being downvoted because he has no clue what he is talking about or for some other reason entirely makes a significant impact on my understanding of the situation.

Thank you for your helpful reply.

[tptacek]

I am being downvoted for two direct reasons and one indirect one: (1) people universally think it's trivial to enable SSL for HN --- and it is, in the grand scheme of things, for non-hobby non-side projects, and (2) people care about the security of their HN account, even though virtually nobody else does, and so they have little to worry about. Meta-reason: people assume I'm being argumentative for the sake of it; I'm not. SSL is a waste of time for HN.

[Mz]

Thanks.