Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!newsfeed.straub-nv.de!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Tim Daneliuk Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: Ah Python, you have spoiled me for all other languages Date: Sat, 23 May 2015 06:29:41 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 19 Message-ID: <556064A5.5030502@tundraware.com> References: <555f440a$0$12990$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <555FA253.3020304@tundraware.com> <555FF482.8020007@gmail.com> <85382nylee.fsf@benfinney.id.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="d887b3e675279b69468e57e74ea1dcb8"; logging-data="23311"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18fpjM78Eqz/CieOiaKjCyflwZOa6Qd2X8=" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.7.0 In-Reply-To: Cancel-Lock: sha1:KBrRKB6e8Xn5zhS3UeTRyZ0baxI= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:91117 On 05/22/2015 11:49 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: > When the information you're sharing is completely public, > there's no point taking the overhead of encryption. I disagree. With two different ways to access data, the metadata about when you do- and do not use an encrypted channel can be useful to a snoopy third party. For example, repressive governments might use the fact of your connecting via https as a prima facie evidence you're doing something subversive. The argument for https everywhere is that this sort of distinction becomes impossible to make and one less piece of metadata is left around to misuse. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Daneliuk tundra@tundraware.com PGP Key: http://www.tundraware.com/PGP/