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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?
by pjzedalis 11y ago
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?
- gboss 11y agoWell 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-target-figured-out-a-teen-girl-was-pregnant-before-her-father-did/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2012/02/16/how-targe...
- pjzedalis 11y agoMy point is all this work and it's only a small part of the equation.
- cpach 11y agoWould you really want you credit card details to be sent in plaintext?