Thoughts: 1) I wonder whether this is not closing down, in part, because GDPR? 2) God forbid that http://Medium.COM ever close down in the same way 3) The death of enough of these services could kickstart the next round of self-hosted blogs, dangerous in a different way…
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…or, you could install certificates and/or press Amazon to plug the functionality gap. Alternately, launch a campaign to deprecate SSH in favour of Telnet.
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I don't understand.
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Are you using SSH? Yes? Why? Telnet/RSH did a perfectly good job. Oh, wait, SSH is more secure, more tamperproof, more efficient. As-is HTTPS. Both SSH and HTTPS are fit for use in the modern environment. That's why.
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Anyone who accesses http://scripting.com , Dave — because they love what you do — is at risk of receiving content which has been tampered-with in flight, possibly had malware injected. Because http://scripting.com is not providing the protection of HTTPSpic.twitter.com/g6ttA7agfm
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It's heading towards a world where plain-old HTTP is as irresponsible as casual sex without protection; simply, you're gambling with everyone's health. I, too, have HTTPS criticisms — notably the centralisation risks of cert issuance — but they're becoming less with time.
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If it's such a great idea, no need to force anyone to do it, it should sell itself. Anyway, I don't have any more time for this, good luck with your efforts to save Storify content. Eventually I think you will come to understand what I'm saying when the lights go out on the web.
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I already some blogs from the misery of "Typepad" and put them onto Wordpress. Software and protocols change, Dave.
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This simply isn’t true, Dave. You are ignoring the last 5 years of history in which HTTPS has become easier to manage (even automated with the latest tools), and will be entirely free for the vast majority of websites.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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