I wrote an impassioned cri de nerd here about why we risk losing the midterms. I'll spruce it up with hyperlinks and pictures a little later. http://idlewords.com/2018/10/portrait_of_a_campaign.htm …
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- that's being unfortunately dismissive of some free and excellent advice of a simple and free way you can help improve the web, if you don't mind me saying so. (
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@wikimedia is actively working on ways to improve our distribution into "filtered" areas of the world, and HTTPS is still the best solution we've got. Anything wiki-specific would just get blocked if/when@wikipedia is. -
Just like with bundling small monetary contributions to make a big impact, getting everyone on board with "https by default" makes it more likely that folks who actually need end-to-end security will be able to use it without seeming shifty.
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It's not perfect (eventually https MitM will probably become common) but it's the best we've got right now. And hey! I'm putting my money where my mouth is:https://twitter.com/cscottnet/status/1049872096367665153?s=19 …
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We would like to steadily increase the cost of blocking https, that means https-everywhere. It's like vaccination. Just because you don't think you personally are going to be exposed, it's a social good to be vaccinated. Herd immunity.
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The KGB won't but China literally doeshttps://citizenlab.ca/2015/04/chinas-great-cannon/ …
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How do I block malicious injections in my Android web browsers?
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