Comrade Ferret

2025-08-06 02:29:47

ferret@hub.workersofthe.world

I have to wonder what's with all these socialist pages that don't have SSL. I get it when they're from eastern countries; a lot of them just don't bother with SSL (I actually don't know why; note to self: look that up). But are these webpages just so old and so forgotten by their hosts in the USA that they haven't bothered with SSL certs? Or is there just something about being an American socialist that makes one not care?

2025-08-06 02:42:19

Comrade Ferret

ferret@hub.workersofthe.world

From a quick look around, the reason for China is twofold: One, because internet infrastructure is still not perfect there, and people want to prioritize site loading times over site security. Two, browsers don't require SSL by default like they do here, which possibly the state is fine with because it makes surveillance easier. Which I might be skeptical of, but it's weird that Edge and Chrome there both don't force SSL, and they're the only two browsers that anyone uses — China is 100% Chromium and many of their large websites straight up don't work with anything else.