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> Until there's a free, easy, maintainable, and actually existent solution to SSL certs, enforcing HTTPS-only is just downright extortion.

Note that the proposal this comment is in regard to a propasal to ban HTTP for websites of the federal government. It does not mean you have to stop offering HTTP for your own service.

I think the government can afford a couple of SSL certificates, and the privacy and authenticity improvements are well worth it when communicating with goverment institutions.




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