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The UK's Daily Mail is insecure

by on25 July 2018

 

And racist and sexist

The official organ of the UK right wing middle class has been officially classified as insecure.

While this will not be a surprise to any psychologist, who will tell you that anyone that people with issues who project them others are insecure about something, sadly that is not the meaning.  The Daily Mail is one of many sites being classified by the new verson of Chrome for lacking and https ability.

Many sites have switched to this version to protect visitors against data theft and hijacking and Chrome is warning that those who don't have it are insecure.

In the UK many other sites, such as Sky Sports, Argos and Boohoo have also not yet adopted HTTPS.  However there is no evidence that any of the sites which have not made the change to HTTPS are currently subject to attacks that abuse insecure data.

According to statistics gathered by security researcher Troy Hunt, more than half of all the web's top one million sites have not flipped to HTTPS.

Hunt has launched a site called WhyNoHTTPS? that lists the world's most popular websites that are not using it. The list draws on statistics gathered by British security researcher Scott Helme.

The Daily Mail tops his UK list as the busiest site to lack the protective measure.

Other big names on the list include Chinese messaging firm Tencent QQ, block-building game Roblox and sports broadcaster ESPN.

Last modified on 25 July 2018
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