[OSM-talk] HTTPS all the Things (Automated Edit)

[Paul Norman]

On 2019-02-26 6:05 a.m., Frederik Ramm wrote:
> Hi,
>
> when I first read about this planned edit, I was critical too; I
> thought, "ah, another eager youngster wanting to make the world a more
> secure place by telling everyone else how they ought to conduct their
> business".
>
> But if I haven't totally misunderstood this, then the proposal will only
> replace a http:// by a https:// pointer if the site operator himself has
> added that redirect in their web server configuration.


I find myself also in cautious favour of the edit as explained and that 
it will slightly improve the database overall.