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Originally Posted by Barcey
That will be next, "https must be made illegal because it makes it too difficult to catch pirates, after all if you're not doing anything wrong you have nothing to hide".
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If they tried that, you'd see a record surge in credit card fraud, because you can typically make minor tweaks to a cable modem's configuration and sniff all the traffic for the entire neighborhood. Without HTTPS, those numbers would be sent in the clear.