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Re: Proposed Statement on "HTTPS everywhere for the IETF"

2015-06-02 14:00:01


On 6/2/2015 11:51 AM, Richard Barnes wrote:


On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 12:59 PM, Joe Touch <touch(_at_)isi(_dot_)edu
<mailto:touch(_at_)isi(_dot_)edu>> wrote:

    On 6/1/2015 10:16 AM, Richard Barnes wrote:
    > Do it.  Do it boldly and fearlessly.  Make the statement and implement 
it.
    >
    ...
    > Don't be tied to legacy.  Anything that doesn't support HTTPS at this
    > point needs to upgrade and deserves to be broken.

    Leaving out the have-nots - or those whose access is blocked by others
    when content cannot be scanned - isn't moving forward.


[citation-required]

Where is this place where the entire HTTPS web is not accessible? 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_Wikipedia

Search for HTTPS.

How do they do their banking, or buy things?

Often through state-run companies (i.e., whose HTTPS content they can
screen).

Joe

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