Re: Apt sources.list
On Sat 15 Apr 2023 at 19:21:17 +0100, Alain D D Williams wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 15, 2023 at 11:00:52AM -0400, paulf@quillandmouse.com wrote:
>
> > Okay. Let's open this can of worms. The ONLY reason https is used on
> > most sites is because Google *mandated* it years ago. ("Mandate" means
> > we'll downgrade your search ranking if you don't use https.) There is
> > otherwise no earthly reason to have an encrypted connection to a web
> > server unless there is some exchange of private information between you
> > and the server.
>
> Where I live (England) I do not care if "the authorities" see what I have
> installed on my machine. If I lived in a totalitarian state†† there are some
> packages that might raise my profile on some "radar".
>
> †† There are several - I will not mention names as I wish to keep politics out
> of this list.
Very coy :). *You* brought politics up in your first paragraph.
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Brian.
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