Secured connection to websites

[cguy]

I hate it when websites don't use a secure connection for their login/account creation/purchase pages.
Hence, I don't use them.

Is the lack of security retarded or what?

[Oxwivi]

Before retardedness of lack of security, why do you hate secure connections?

[in·ter·punct]

You could always try to force websites to use https. I use these add-ons for Firefox: Force-TLS (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/force-tls/) and HTTPS Everywhere (https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere).

[Oxwivi]

You could always try to force websites to use https. I use these add-ons for Firefox: Force-TLS (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/force-tls/) and HTTPS Everywhere (https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere).
He wants the opposite.

[in·ter·punct]

He wants the opposite.
Read cguy's post again. He says that he hates it when website don't use a secure connection for their login/account creation/purchase pages.

[Aquix]

I hate it when websites don't use a secure connection for their login/account creation/purchase pages.
Hence, I don't use them.

Is the lack of security retarded or what?


It's not retarded, it's all about cost and risk assesment. Sony laid of security people before they where hacked. Running a big site with a small budget probably isn't easy.

[Oxwivi]

Read cguy's post again. He says that he hates it when website don't use a secure connection for their login/account creation/purchase pages.
Sorry, my bad.

[cguy]

You could always try to force websites to use https. I use these add-ons for Firefox: Force-TLS (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/force-tls/) and HTTPS Everywhere (https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere).
Unfortunately, that doesn't work everywhere.

[Oxwivi]

Yes, the add-ons does not know every website supporting SSL/TLS connections.

If you need to authenticate to any service you like, just check for it. Most major service providers support secure connections. Otherwise, see if they support OpenID - OpenID providers, like Google and Launchpad, themselves will have implemented HTTPS.