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pnathan
on Aug 5, 2011
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Widespread Hijacking of Search Traffic in the Unit...
They cannot get at the plaintext without a certificate warning (or installing a certificate in the user's browser beforehand).
Which will get clicked through anyway, so, uh, the security is kinda moot. =)
Cushman
on Aug 6, 2011
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I don't know why you were downvoted for this, it's a very cogent point— most users would probably click through a big red screen that says "DO NOT VISIT THIS WEB SITE!" We need to be thinking of them when we design our security model.
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Which will get clicked through anyway, so, uh, the security is kinda moot. =)