User web site Created 13 years ago2011-02-15 21:39:45 UTC by Stojke

TWHL doesnt accept HTTPS... Can this be fixed?

Are... are you fucking serious?

This is TWHL. It's not you're god damn banking website.

HTTPS is not just for banks. Lots of websites (Google, Twitter, Wikipedia, bit.ly, Microsoft, WordPress, Facebook, Washington Post, etc.) use it. If you don't want your requests read by Echelon or similar HTTPS is great. There's really no reason not to use HTTPS. There's a free CA called StartSSL that's accepted by all major web browsers since a few years back. I for one want as little as possible of my data to be processed by FRA and Echelon's computers.

I can recommend HTTPS Everywhere to people concerned about their privacy.

It's just not necessary.

Yeah, I'm not going to bother (that's when TWHL is on my own server, I can't do anything now even if I wanted to).

I would hope Eschelon has better things to do than monitor a Half-Life mapping site.

They probably do, but Echelon on the other hand doesn't.

Knowledge is power. The Americans may very well be using collected information to ensure economic dominance. If you can see everything people do you can model their behaviour, predict events and see decisions before they're made public. No one should have that power.

I'm not one of those people who doesn't look into the sky because of the satellites or doesn't write his opinion because it might end up in his file. I just think the big picture's not very pretty and regular people like you and me can make a difference.

It's like a un-consented census, eh?

Or it's like you're paranoid.

So our governments do not have server farms monitoring our Internet traffic? Or do they not make use of the collected information?

Edit: I need some sleep. Fell for obvious troll.

Sounds pretty paranoid to me! This is a public website anyway. If they really want your stuff and they can't get it on the postback, they'll just trawl the site.

It's not trolling when I'm pointing out a fact.

1) It's no secret that several governments, including those of the USA, the UK, China and Sweden, analyse Internet traffic.
2) They don't catch terrorists or spies because any self-respecting terrorist or spy encrypts messages of importance. Unless they're idiots and no great threat anyway.
4) Classified government data being sent across borders is surely encrypted.
5) This leaves traffic between individuals, corporations and organizations.
6) They gain something from it, our they wouldn't do it.

wuh... buh... I don't even...

fuck it, gonna play more l4d.

7) If the EU recommonds people to encrypt their data, it's fucking serious. For a long time now they've been passing privacy-intrusive laws.

But there's no beer left, Rim.

This is a public website anyway. If they really want your stuff and they can't get it on the postback, they'll just trawl the site.

Crawling the web leaves traces. They'd also need IP addresses. Traces and addresses that could be used to produce a blacklist or to fight back. Also, PMs and passwords aren't public.

HTTPS is easy to get going on a standard Apache web server and many web hosts offer HTTPS support. I'm not going to try to change your mind, in no way is it worth the effort. But just so you know, if you one day want to experiment, it only takes a couple of minutes.

I am asking cause i made a site where i uploaded all the tools i have so that people i know can easily get stuff on one place.

https://sites.google.com/site/gshltools/home

But when i add it to the user web sites it just shows

http://sites.google.com/site/gshltools/home - and gives an error.

Or it's like you're paranoid.

Whoa! I just woke up but I feel paranoid now...lol...

@potatis: Gman is not going to knock on your door, ok?

oh screw it...I am going back to bed...(i think I have a headache now)

Do you people not get the point!?
Potatis can't count.

1) It's no secret that several governments, including those of the USA, the UK, China and Sweden, analyse Internet traffic.
2) They don't catch terrorists or spies because any self-respecting terrorist or spy encrypts messages of importance. Unless they're idiots and no great threat anyway.
4) Classified government data being sent across borders is surely encrypted.
5) This leaves traffic between individuals, corporations and organizations.
6) They gain something from it, our they wouldn't do it.

1, 2, 4, 5, 6?

3 is overrated.

Whats up with scary rastas on your website? Lol

Bombaclot man

I'm surprised potatis is the only security-conscious individual here.

Potatis is right actually. But I wouldn't bother making TWHL https.
I mean, we're making maps, not bombs, and if you want something kept secret, dont post it on TWHL, that'd be stupid.

But I'm with you potatis, fuck FRA.

So guys I'm making a bomb and I just wanted someone opinio- wait, is this the wrong place for posting this?

Yeah you gotta go to 4chan first,

So guys I'm making a bomb and I just wanted someone opinio- wait, is this the wrong place for posting this?

Wait, try this site, it has a lot of information on total bombs.

You said bomb. Expect an FBI raid and all your possessions seized within 22 hours.

The personell does not physically exist within the U.S. Government to monitor internet traffic with any great accuracy to the point of severely violating the security of every individual who uses the internet. That's just stupid. You know how many false flags would go up on a daily basis if they carefully scrutinized every electronic transfer of information over the internet, and that information was actually looked at by people?

I mean, just saying, theoretically, they did analyze every bit of unencrypted data sent over the internets - the massive scale of this endeavor would be so overwhelming, I don't think it would be usable in any practical sense to anyone. The government has better things to do than check up on how many porn sites you visit every month, or your 4chan posting schedule.

Yeah, this shit is ridiculous, mostly because it's physically improbable, a ridiculously impractical usage of resources, and not really to anyone's benefit unless the government is looking for information on a specific person. And if they are, they likely have a reason to be. Like, a reason other than "his Half-Life maps are just WAY too good to let him live - send in the evil henchmen!"

This is getting stupid.