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Who is bullshitting who?
As with everything else in life, one may grow cynical due to all the money-making scams big business pulls to outwit, outplay and absolutely annihilate the little fishes.
If big guys with their fancy https like Google and Facebook can still be vulnerable, why do they try and convert and force it onto the little guys, why must we purchase 'extra security' to what extent, easier access, better download speed, a space on a search engine?
I will educate my clients. I will send them direct to my website even if they type it in. The mighty WWW is biased and not a level playing field. I paid for SSL etc to zero effect to get the little 'green' lock behind my website. What did I pay for all these years? Nothing. I wasted money for it meant absolutely nothing.
Now, to be forced to change again and not just stay in the archives is going to cost you even more.
Websites not listed as https in future will see warnings as not being secure, delistings on google and forced to submit to change.
Chronicles of Han already shows Kaspersky and Google warnings from certain links which is total BS! Once you for them to 'carry on', it lands on a secure link as I have extensive security on my website and use secure 3rd party connections.
The ONLY difference between https and http is that the internet needed new addresses. New (https) addresses has 2 extra spaces and is just as subject to hackers as everyone else.
Using secure 3rd parties for purchases like PayPal etc is the best options for online purchase.
Also note that http might be throttled to load slower than https and will not be given any preference in search engines. To the contrary, you will become invisible if someone does not know exactly where to find you.
From now on you are just one more number in the queue.
Ps, you can 'purchase' https security as you could all sorts of other previous google security updates - at a price of course. Seems like Bill Gates and Common Core all over again.
"The Future (as per
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Be it as it may, the Internet now has more than 4 billion users, content consumers, shoppers and the like. The combination of user demand (site visitors are more conscious of data security than ever before), regulations (e.g. PCI DSS), and encouragement from browsers (e.g. plans to flag HTTP sites as non-secure), makes it clear that the full transition from HTTP to HTTPS will soon be due."
This is an opinion piece as I'm not a computer whizz or fundi in any way. I am just one of the little guys trying to find my bit of swimming space out in the ocean. And this issue just feels wrong.
