Doing HTTPS everywhere in the .gov space

[rysiek@hackerspace.pl (rysiek)]

Dnia wtorek, 18 listopada 2014 14:23:10 Eric Mill pisze:
> > > I meant USGOV protects USGOV. (Although not USGOV employees per se...)
> > > Cybersecurity wise USGOV probably doesn't/hardly need HTTPS,
> > > depending on the abilities of adversaries.
> > > 
> >         Of course. US govt using https in their stupid propaganda
> >         websites is irrelant. What is weird is that some US govt
> >         employee bothered to advertise it here. Is he clueless?
> >         Was he trolling?
> 
> I wasn't trolling. I've been a member of this list, and paying close
> attention to the field, since well before I joined the US government (which
> happened back in May).
> 
> Before this, I worked for 5 years at a relatively adversarial non-profit
> group focused on government transparency, called the Sunlight Foundation.

Oh my. Now get ready for the trolls doing reverse-jumping-to-conclusions that 
Sunlight Foundation must be a USGOV front.

Anywhoo, thanks for sharing, and keep up the good work. I subscribe to the 
idea that if something brings more encryption to the open web, it's a good 
idea.

-- 
Pozdr
rysiek
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