On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 11:49 PM, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijssen@gmail.com wrote:
Hoi, Can you explain why HTPPS is so important in a tool ? It is external to Wikidata and it adds complexity to that tool. Given that I expect featured tools to just make an appearance, it probably excludes most tools.. I would argue that the point here is to show what vibrant a tool ecosystem we have ... Thanks, GerardM
There are many good reasons not to trust http, but the recent confirmation [1] that it was being actively exploited is a good one to start with. I don't want to go too chicken little [2] since most of us aren't going to be targeted, but I think we owe it to our users to protect them whenever we can. Especially when the marginal work on our end is trivial.
Thanks for implementing that Magnus!
[1] - http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/spyware-tools-allow-bu... [2] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_little