Why is this site not encrypted?

[KC9UDX]

I use many such setups.  But it's not just about me.  It's about anyone who can't or doesn't want to.  I don't blindly click links and neither should anyone else.  If they do this in HTTP, they're going to fall for the ad scams in HTTPS too.  I find it hard to feel sorry for people like that.  They do this in other areas of life too, I suspect.

This sounds just like the story about COVID masks. I don't want to wear a mask and I don't care about the others. Let them die if they are not careful.

> If they do this in HTTP, they're going to fall for the ad scams in HTTPS too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_in...computing)

And you did not actually answer my question. I honestly have no idea which setup cannot be upgraded to HTTPS without any noticeable downside.

Please don't even being up the dampanic.

I use an Amiga 2000 on this site from time to time.  HTTPS hasn't worked on that in years.  No doubt you'll say I'm stupid for not just throwing that in the tip and getting some modern computer with 500x the processing capability and 500x the memory.  Until recently, my internet connection was a "2G" cellular signal with a 500Mb monthly limit.  If you can't see the HTTP is an advantage there, I can't help you.  Again this isn't just me being silly.  I know plenty of other people who still live in places where the best you can get is still that and not cheap.

To say that it's not the user's responsibility to use their computer responsibly, is a very unfortunate shift in our culture in recent years.  Everyone seems to feel entitled to have unspecified willfully disadvantaged people protected by everyone else but the person who feels that way.  Really, if it bothers you that other people might put themselves at risk, just consider yourself lucky that you have so many friends with similar outlooks.  The world is a really nasty place.  Thousands of people die of being exposed to it every day.