Re: Website Certs Will Soon Last Only 47 Days

Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On Sat, 12 Apr 2025 14:06:58 -0000 (UTC), John McCue wrote:
 

Plus include the fact that google and friends are trying to block
'http' (no s) static sites, seems it is a continuation of a war on
General Computing.

 
I don’t know why you think general-purpose computers are incapable of
secure communication through the Internet. Where do you think such secure
communication got invented?

Of course they can connect right now, but as time goes on
I am sure at some point, general purpose computers will start
being blocked.  Google no longer returns non-secure sites.
Firefox blocks ftp sites and I believe http pages unless you
go looking for options to set.

Forcing everyone into a Cell Phone Type environment is the
easiest way to spy on people and block "bad sites" and spam
them with ads.

So this plus other trends is starting to look like
something like "First the came for..."
FWIW, I hate using that analogy in this case, but it is
the shortest way to type it.

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