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Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Buffalo, NY
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This part in particular: "HTTPS prevents intruders from being able to passively listen to communications between your websites and your users. One common misconception about HTTPS is that the only websites that need HTTPS are those that handle sensitive communications. Every unprotected HTTP request can potentially reveal information about the behaviors and identities of your users. Although a single visit to one of your unprotected websites may seem benign, some intruders look at the aggregate browsing activities of your users to make inferences about their behaviors and intentions, and to de-anonymize their identities. For example, employees might inadvertently disclose sensitive health conditions to their employers just by reading unprotected medical articles." People on this board talk about their health issues a lot. Because VF isn't secure, an intruder could potentially get this info. Sounds paranoid, maybe, but I sure don't want anyone I haven't authorized to get access to info about my health via an unsecured website. I've considered not coming here anymore because of the lack of security. I stopped going to the DDP forum because it, too, isn't secure.
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