HTTPS on NYTimes.com • Hacker News Board

Re: HTTPS on NYTimes.com

#11

Post by tux3 » Tue, Jan 10, 2017, 9:10 PM UTC

tblyler wrote: post #5

fanpuns wrote: post #2

Oh no, this was my go-to site whenever I had to login to public wifi and https wouldn't redirect :(

http://neverssl.com/ my friend.

I use http://plop.org, a whole four characters shorter!

Re: HTTPS on NYTimes.com

#12

Post by nathancahill » Tue, Jan 10, 2017, 9:11 PM UTC

fanpuns wrote: post #2

Oh no, this was my go-to site whenever I had to login to public wifi and https wouldn't redirect :(

Hah, I use http://httpbin.org.

Re: HTTPS on NYTimes.com

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Post by rosstex » Tue, Jan 10, 2017, 9:13 PM UTC

tux3 wrote: post #11

tblyler wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

http://neverssl.com/ my friend.

I use http://plop.org , a whole four characters shorter!

But is that guaranteed to never use SSL?

Re: HTTPS on NYTimes.com

#14

Post by CPLX » Tue, Jan 10, 2017, 9:15 PM UTC

fanpuns wrote: post #2

Oh no, this was my go-to site whenever I had to login to public wifi and https wouldn't redirect :(

I've been using 1.1.1.1 for years. It's easy to type and seems to call up interstitial screens fast, especially the NYC subway wifi portal, where seconds count.

Of course this thread makes me wonder if I've been doing it wrong.

Re: HTTPS on NYTimes.com

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Post by akoster » Tue, Jan 10, 2017, 9:16 PM UTC

tux3 wrote: post #11

tblyler wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

http://neverssl.com/ my friend.

I use http://plop.org , a whole four characters shorter!

I like that one. My domains for this purpose are: http://i.net/ and http://ip4.me/ (or http://ip6.me, if you know you have IPv6 connectivity)

Re: HTTPS on NYTimes.com

#16

Post by toomanybeersies » Tue, Jan 10, 2017, 9:16 PM UTC

It's nice to see more news media moving towards using HTTPS.

NYTimes now joins a small club, alongside the Guardian and the Washington Post.

Here's a dev blog post on the WaPo moving to https: https://developer.washingtonpost.com/pb/blog/post/2015/12/10...

And one on the Guardian moving to https: https://www.theguardian.com/info/developer-blog/2016/nov/29/...

Re: HTTPS on NYTimes.com

#17

Post by empath75 » Tue, Jan 10, 2017, 9:19 PM UTC

fanpuns wrote: post #2

Oh no, this was my go-to site whenever I had to login to public wifi and https wouldn't redirect :(

http://apple.com will probably always work since that's what ios uses when you join a network.

I think specifically this url: http://www.apple.com/library/test/success.html

Re: HTTPS on NYTimes.com

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Post by rocky1138 » Tue, Jan 10, 2017, 9:21 PM UTC

fanpuns wrote: post #2

Oh no, this was my go-to site whenever I had to login to public wifi and https wouldn't redirect :(

cbc.ca. You can do it with one hand.

Re: HTTPS on NYTimes.com

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Post by redcastle » Tue, Jan 10, 2017, 9:21 PM UTC

toomanybeersies wrote: post #16

It's nice to see more news media moving towards using HTTPS. NYTimes now joins a small club, alongside the Guardian and the Washington Post. Here's a dev blog post on the WaPo moving to https: https://developer.washingtonpost.com/pb/blog/post/2015/12/10... And one on the Guardian moving to https: https://www.theguardian.com/info/developer-blog/2016/nov/29/...

Google Chrome is supposed to soon start flashing a "not secure" warning on HTTP sites that have password forms [0]. That's probably at least one motivation for these publisher moves to HTTPS

[0] https://security.googleblog.com/2016/09/moving-towards-more-...

Re: HTTPS on NYTimes.com

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Post by hackuser » Tue, Jan 10, 2017, 9:22 PM UTC

A good step forward. Does the NY Times itself track what its users read? Does it provide that information to others?

If so, this change amounts to not protecting user privacy as much as insisting that only the NYT can monetize their users' privacy.