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Matthew Finkel <matthew.finkel@gmail.com> wrote:

> Why doesn't everyone have that option? Why is broadcasting a users information
> across the internet forced upon them? Shouldn't they have a choice?

They do! HTTPS already exists!

This thread is about removing HTTP and forcing HTTPS - "Why should
HTTPS be forced upon them? Shouldn't they have a choice?"

:-)

 | 21:16 (4) "/tmp" root@lapcat# svn export https://svn.freebsd.org/base/stable/11/usr.bin/fortune
 | A    fortune
 | A    fortune/datfiles
 |
 | [ ... ]
 |
 | A    fortune/tools/Troff.sed
 | Exported revision 326782.

Voila! A https delivery of "fortune" ! (Confirmed via tcpdump not to be
using fallback HTTP)

cheers!