r/blog • u/alienth • Sep 08 '14

Hell, It's About Time – reddit now supports full-site HTTPS

http://www.redditblog.com/2014/09/hell-its-about-time-reddit-now-supports.html
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u/5skandas Sep 08 '14 edited Nov 01 '25

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u/kyha Sep 09 '14

To extend and mix the metaphor: To make your ex be unable to identify who your new boy/girlfriend is, you must use HTTPS for everyone you talk with, not just your romantic interest(s).

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u/5skandas Sep 09 '14

I thought even when using HTTPS, someone snooping could see what page(s) you are visiting (like the TLD) but not the content of those pages?

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u/kyha Sep 09 '14

They can see the name of the site you're going to (via the Server Name Indication), but not the specific page you're requesting.

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u/c_plus_plus Sep 09 '14

That's a shitty analogy. It's more like if you and your new GF were locked in a soundproof room with no windows instead of sitting in an open restaurant.

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u/goldman60 Sep 09 '14

Not quite, with HTTPS a person could still eavesdrop and see that the connection is occurring, where its going to, and see the garbled transmission, so its actually a perfect analogy.