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oceanstone on Nov 18, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Launching in 2015: A Certificate Authority to Encr...

> If it's public static content, what is SSL protecting?

Comcast was recently caught injecting self-promotional ads via JavaScript injection. Sites using HTTPS are immune from this sort of attack. [1]

[1] http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/09/why-comcasts-java...

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