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Lemmy today (i.imgflip.com)

submitted 4 months ago by HowManyNimons to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Obviously, I've never actually done this. Good to know.

I'm starting to worry that HTTPS is entirely fake - in the sense that it's purely decorative encryption that protects an insignificant part of the transaction. Like, maybe by design. The NSA's been doing something all these years.

[–] markstos 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

HTTPS is real and tested.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

When used as intended, yes. What I mean is that in practice it may have been weakened, by promotion of services that use it in ways far from best security practices.