On Monday, February 4, 2013 at 8:31 AM, Giovanni Bajo wrote:
> Not that I'm against it doing it on the server side for now, anyway. It'll 
> still be useful to users manually browsing to PyPI.

This is where it's important. If you're capable of MITM'ing pip you're capable 
of MITM'ing a web browser. It would not be a fun day if a password (or session 
cookie) got stolen via a MITM because someone signed on in a coffee shop (or at 
Pycon etc). 

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