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Re: [tor-talk] reddit.com wants EFF to disable HTTPS???
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- Subject: Re: [tor-talk] reddit.com wants EFF to disable HTTPS???
- From: Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2011 02:37:08 -0400
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On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 2:20 AM, Victor Garin <vic.garin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Can you also point out where exactly (which URL) there is a bug when
> the current ruleset is used?
The bug is that its probably overloading their site, and/or pushing
traffic onto very expensive specialized hosting.
> Removing/Disabling the whole site (when it is working) goes against
> all the principles that EFF stands for. Unless it doesn't work it
> should not be removed.
I think this position is silly. If HTTPS everywhere says no to
reddit's request, the site will just make it not work. Then users will
be even _worse_ off, since at least people can manually go to
pay.reddit.com while reddit gets their https upgrade done.
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