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And do you think all of your non-tech-savvy relative would go for it?



They already use https for almost everything, don't they? It wasn't the case from the beginning.


The impact of using https versus http is miniscule compared to the impact of using Tor versus not.

Yes, I agree that everyone should have access to those technologies by default. I also think that the implementation for the layperson will make the projects almost unrecognizable.


I disagree; the impact of https is huge: your page cannot be hijacked by an intermediate party (e.g. your Internet provider). Nobody can insert malicious javascript into the page or modify its contents for a social engineering attack. You can be sure that your personal data cannot be intercepted by a third party, and so on.




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