Reply to post: Re: This is proper and important step and I hope other browsers will do the same

Come in HTTP, your time is up: Google Chrome to shame leaky non-HTTPS sites from January

Charles 9

Re: This is proper and important step and I hope other browsers will do the same

"HTTP simply wasn't built for this -- it was devised to be one-way only. Two-way communication was strictly e-mail, Usenet, IRC, FTP or telnet, followed by transport layer security for them."

That's basically saying THE INTERNET wasn't built for this, and it wasn't. It wasn't built on the basis of DIStrust, and there's not much you can really do about it since you can do the same with ANY protocol out there. HTTP is simply the protocol de facto; given how the Internet works, you can do the same with ANY protocol, secured or not, with the right resources, since true attestation is impossible. Indeed, given the resources of states to be able to legally compel any private organization within its borders, we have to assume true attestation cannot be achieved full stop. Sovereignty trumps everything in that regard.

IOW, there's no turning back. We can't even go back to the Sears catalog since the State is also savvy enough to impersonate Sears...or anyone else they have to, for that matter.

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