On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 9:41 PM, Lyle <webmas...@cosmicperl.com> wrote:
> On 28/08/2011 19:30, Aristotle Pagaltzis wrote: > >> * Arthur Corliss<corliss@digitalmages.**com <corl...@digitalmages.com>> >> [2011-08-28 19:55]: >> >>> With friends like Google protecting your information, who needs >>> >>> encryption? ;-) >>> >>> --Arthur Corliss >>> Live Free or Die >>> >> Right, so just let everyone in any coffee shop or any other open network >> you connect to sniff all your traffic. >> >> Did you have an actual point? >> > > I always find it amusing when comments against google seem to get at > people. After all, Google is just another Microsoft :P > You clearly misunderstood Aristotle. He doesn't care about a comment against Google, and I'm sure he has no special affinity towards it. He simply had a good remark on a discussion of the effectiveness and CPU costs of SSL encryption and it was ignored with a completely irrelevant comment. Google might be another Microsoft, it might be worse, but it is *irrelevant* to the question of SSL security and the costs of enabling it by default. Aristotle, for what it's worth, I've learned that people always want to have their say, even if in an inappropriate time. Such as the politician, who when asked "what do you think about the current financial crisis?" will answer: "I think the weather is excellent, and golf sounds like a wonderful idea!" :)
