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by mike-cardwell 5289 days ago
FWIW, a HTTPS version of Reddit does exist. It just happens to be on the pay.reddit.com hostname instead. See:

https://pay.reddit.com/r/SOPA/comments/nhfes/do_you_guys_rea...
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notatoad 5289 days ago
there was an explanation from one of the admins once upon a time about why pay.reddit wasn't any more secure than standard reddit. i forget the details, but the consensus was don't bother.
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mike-cardwell 5288 days ago
I'll stick with the side of caution and use the freely available HTTPS version until someone proves the above claim.
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