Michael McConville wrote: > Jason Barbier wrote: > > szs wrote: > > > Not for security. > > > For privacy. > > > > It is a read only site, the privacy you seek is breached as soon as > > you make a DNS call to openbsd.org > > There are still some privacy benefits to using HTTPS. It will confound a > lot of simple filtering and monitoring software, and what you're reading > on the site is pretty obfuscated. It also helps security on sketchy > networks.
Note that simple length correlation is enough to determine what you're reading. And this isn't even "NSA intern" difficult, it's "NSA internship interview question" difficult.