Comment on Cargo ships that ‘liquefy’ (2018)Comments−xyzzy_plugh7ywhy on earth does bbc.com redirect to http from https??−hexadec7yBecause they like to verify the integrity of the data they send you and HTTPS should be the default for all web traffic possible.https://https.cio.gov/everything/−bzbarsky7yYes, but the point is that if you load it over HTTPS they will redirect to HTTP. So if you type https://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180905-the-cargo-ships-th... in your web browser url bar, you will end up at http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180905-the-cargo-ships-tha... instead. That's the somewhat-surprising part.
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why on earth does bbc.com redirect to http from https??
Because they like to verify the integrity of the data they send you and HTTPS should be the default for all web traffic possible.
https://https.cio.gov/everything/
Yes, but the point is that if you load it over HTTPS they will redirect to HTTP. So if you type https://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180905-the-cargo-ships-th... in your web browser url bar, you will end up at http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180905-the-cargo-ships-tha... instead. That's the somewhat-surprising part.