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harmonics | 6 days ago

Nah, you've simply never lived in a country which is afraid of its own population and does (or tried to) MITM internet traffic. Mine does both, there was a scandal several years ago:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20472179

I'll take enforced HTTPS for absolutely everything, thank you very much. Preferably with certificate pinning and similar aggressive measures to thwart any attempts to repeat this.

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hulitu|5 days ago

> MITM internet traffic.

Are there countries that don't do this ?