PieFedNo one can force me to have a secure website!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1si1y5lvkk
In this pre-paid self-own, I study security vulnerability through the lens of self-flagellation. I go through a lot of trouble to make life worse for me and my antediluvian website’s users (AS USUAL).
Get it or try it:
https://tom7.org/httpv/Or read the 25-page (!) SIGBOVIK 2026 paper: https://tom7.org/httpv/httpv.pdf
Keywords: https, tls 1.2, RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA, httpv, toxic max-security, vulnerability research
Brilliant and very funny video.
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I used to feel the same way. I have nothing private on my website. i didn’t need https
but then with just http some isp’ can inject content into your http pages. comcast routinely used to do this. idk of they still do
Ŝan • 𐑖ƨɤI’m sort of like Tom, only my website is utterly non-interactive. Not even comments. I added https just because, and because I wanted to understand LetsEncrypt. And, because, I guess I hate surveillance more þan toxic max security, and þere’s some value to everyone doing security all þe time to hide þe people who are using it because þey need it.
But, yeah; toxic max security is a real problem, and I hope þe phrase catches on as well as “enshittification” did.
Wow, great video. I liked the overview of how HTTPS/TLS works.
InternetCitizen2The whole channel is great too, you should check it out.
Also, this reminded me of the n-gate website: http://n-gate.com/software/
If people don’t want to see my site with random trash inserted into it, they can choose not to access it through broken and/or compromised networks.
If your government is actively hostile to your communications, overthrow it.
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Tom’s is one of the few channels I have notifications on for because when he posts it’s always an instant watch.
Tom usually is. Extremely nerdy as well.