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HTTPS on NYTimes.com
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Re: HTTPS on NYTimes.com
#22Oh no, this was my go-to site whenever I had to login to public wifi and https wouldn't redirect :(
http://dingleberrypie.com, my personal test domain.
Re: HTTPS on NYTimes.com
#23Oh no, this was my go-to site whenever I had to login to public wifi and https wouldn't redirect :(
You can't use a respectable site for that sort of a redirect! Use a tabloid like drudgereport.com ;)
Re: HTTPS on NYTimes.com
#24A 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.
I don't see how anyone can monetize user privacy without NYT's permission, with or without HTTPS. All of the monetization methods, ad trackers on NYT pages, browser fingerprinting, malware on your computer, etc works with or without HTTPS.
Re: HTTPS on NYTimes.com
#25How is this news worth upvoting though?
Re: HTTPS on NYTimes.com
#26It'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-...
Firefox 51 is slated to have this as well.
Re: HTTPS on NYTimes.com
#27Judging by the certificate issue date, they've been working on this since September. Congrats on shipping!
Re: HTTPS on NYTimes.com
#28They mention it has been a complex undertaking and not complete yet - does anyone know why they can't just sit a traffic manager in front of everything with SSL offloading?
Also does anyone know what the new personalisation features are that they mention being able to offer now HTTPS in place?
Re: HTTPS on NYTimes.com
#29A 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.
Random coffee shop / hotel / etc wifi owners and other users on the network will only know that you're reading nytimes.com, and not which particular section/article.
Re: HTTPS on NYTimes.com
#30Oh no, this was my go-to site whenever I had to login to public wifi and https wouldn't redirect :(
...wow I never understood that this was why that happens