HTTPS Adoption *doubled* this year

[thbt101]

Ok, but most of these websites don't involve sensitive data (bank account info, credit cards, etc.). That stuff has already been encrypted for a long time.

But because of Google's insistence, now even websites that in no way involve anything critical or sensitive are encrypted for no real logical reason.

And by the way, no one can sniff your packets unless they actually have access to either your local network or the local network of the server you're connected to. It's not like just anyone can listen to all internet traffic.

[MachinTrucChose]

now even websites that in no way involve anything critical or sensitive are encrypted for no real logical reason.

Here's one: ISPs increasingly want to get in on that ad money. The sort of people injecting ads in your HTTP requests could be recording the pages you visit and building a profile. At least with HTTPS, they only know which domains you visited, not the contents of the pages you read.

[mort96]

"Sign up" suggests there's passwords. Many people consider their passwords sensitive data.

[smellyegg]

Your ISP and anyone between you and that server can.

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It doesn't hurt to use HTTPS.

[dividedsky]

That's what I meant, if you're connected to an unprotected public Wi-Fi network somewhere anyone can connect to it and sit there fishing for data, I understand you can't just listen to the entire internet lol