On 2010.9.24 3:15 PM, Joshua Juran wrote:
> I want to edit a Wikipedia article, so I go to log in. There's a link at the
> top right to an insecure login page (with a redirection parameter so after
> login I'll be back at the page I wanted to edit).
>
> So, I'm supposed to send my password in the clear?
>
> The login form is followed by a list titled "Secure your account" of five
> suggestions (and one caveat). The first links to the secure server --
> *without the redirect*.
>
> So now I'm logged in securely, at the main page. At no point in this process
> does Wikipedia provide me a link to the secure page of the article I want to
> edit. So I have to RESTlessly mash up the URLs for the original article and
> the secure main page.
>
> Security already tends toward inconvenience; there's no need to give it a
> push.
But Josh, somebody in Lower East Duchy Fenwick might have a browser that
doesn't support encryption!!!1!!1!!11one
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