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6nf on Nov 2, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Encrypted web traffic now exceeds 90%

This is the more important factor at play here. Browsers (Google Chrome mainly) are forcing everyone to go SSL lest you end up with a 'insecure site' warning for all your visitors. Most websites don't care about NSA intercepting their data.

notatoad on Nov 2, 2019 [–]

Practically speaking, i think you're right - the "not secure" badge of shame in chrome is the most important convincing factor for website owners.

but getting that through at google must have taken some convincing of various execs, and i'm sure snowden helped with that.

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