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Because otherwise nation-state adversaries can see everything you read.

IETF position on this is pretty clear after the technical plenary last year.

Again, why does it matter if you or Barack Obama or Kimg Jung Un knows that I like looking at Captain Picard meme pictures? How can you tell me that REQUIRES an encrypted connection?

You know what might actually make some fucking sense. Enforce SSL/TLS where it is needed - disable HTTP Auth, Cookies, Location Services, Local Storage, etc over plain HTTP connections.

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