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> How many static sites, for example, really need HTTPS

All of them. Script jacking, ad insertion, redirection, tracking insertion, etc. are all done at scale by everything from national ISPs to coffe shop routers.

HTTPS provides authenticity of all transmitted data; this is more important than confidentiality because without authenticity you can’t tell that you are talking in secret with an atttacker.




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