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Missing HTTPS on Sites

Commenters highlight the irony and issues of the discussed website lacking HTTPS support, noting browser warnings, HSTS, and conflicts with extensions like HTTPS Everywhere that force HTTPS and break HTTP-only features.

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e.g thin.npr en.html atlas.ripe HTTPS UTC example.com blocked.html i.e archive.org https http site sites ssl certificate domain insecure doesn support browser

Sample Comments

libeclipse • Feb 11, 2017 • View on HN

This. I'm kinda surprised there isn't HTTPS with HSTS already.

mattlondon • Sep 17, 2018 • View on HN

News to me! Interesting - do you have a source for that? Surely browsers will be flagging up HTTPS warnings for this?

FaceKicker • Apr 1, 2012 • View on HN

It's somewhat ironic that this site doesn't support https

SV_BubbleTime • Feb 16, 2024 • View on HN

No HTTPS? Hmm, it's been awhile on that.

wmf • Mar 15, 2017 • View on HN

Thanks to HTTPS everywhere, not really.

lxe • Mar 15, 2020 • View on HN

Can't do this with HTTPS everywhere nowadays :) At least not without certificate validation errors.

Engineering-MD • Jun 8, 2022 • View on HN

I find it deeply ironic that the page is http not https!

dotancohen • Oct 8, 2025 • View on HN

Now that everything is https, I don't think that you could.

wizzwizz4 • Apr 21, 2024 • View on HN

HTTPS isn't a drop-in replacement for HTTP. Try visiting the HTTP site.

anacrolix • Jul 11, 2012 • View on HN

"it's all https"later: "it's all https except parts that require us to configure ssl correctly"