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Aissen
on July 12, 2017
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Life Is About to Get Harder for Websites Without H...
That's not what's done. "No HTTPS" is equated with "non secure".
sebcat
on July 12, 2017
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He also claims that Quantas "secured their site" by adding HTTPS to their login page, and that serving sites over HTTPS is "secure by default"
willstrafach
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This is true. I can intercept your username/password during login by being in close proximity to you if you are logging into their website over plaintext HTTP. Not possible if it is protected by TLS (HTTPS).
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