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0 pointspjzedalis10y ago0 comments

I think people are making too big of a deal of SSL. So what if my browser connection to Target or Home Depot is encrypted?

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gboss10y ago

Well it's possible and reasonable that you don't want to have what products your browsing to be snooped on by some sort of MITM attack. While probably not from MITM snooping, Target found out a teenage girl was pregnant before her own parents, and sent her parent's address Diaper and Baby advertisements: http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/02/16/how-targe...

pjzedalisOP10y ago

My point is all this work and it's only a small part of the equation.

cpach10y ago

Would you really want you credit card details to be sent in plaintext?

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