[budding2141]

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[type0]

Eve and Mallory want to read it too

[gerdesj]

It isn't a site about cryptography. Its a site about Alice and Bob.

If I had to guess (I don't but I will!) I would say that not using https was a conscious decision. If I really had to guess ... calling out cargo culting with regards always insisting on https because encrypt everything is good, plain text bad.

[FiloSottile]

The benefits of not exposing the massive attack surface of modern browsers to every network attacker are not cargo culting.