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by vbezhenar 167 days ago
They are insecure, because your ISP can change website responses and text format doesn't protect from that. So basically browser can't guarantee that you're looking at original web server response.
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BobbyTables2 167 days ago
Insecure only if HTTP instead of HTTPS.

The format being text, html, video, or an executable program has nothing to do with it.

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VladStanimir 167 days ago
This site is being deliver over HTTP instead of HTTPS, that is why it appears as insecure.
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yinyang_in 167 days ago
With checksum & sign nothing can be guaranteed, right ?
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NuclearPM 167 days ago
Why?
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