Re: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read

["Constantine A. Murenin" <mureninc () gmail com>]

Just to make it clear: are you suggesting that it should be a requirement
to always verify the site where anonymous people make anonymous edits?  Let
that sink in.

C.

On Tue, 31 Dec 2019 at 05:31, J. Hellenthal <jhellenthal () dataix net> wrote:

> ... because you should be able to verify the site you are at is actually
> the site you intended to be at...
>
> Let the old crap go. Besides the sheer amount of ppl left that have the
> older phones most likely are not going to Wikipedia anyway.
>
> --
>  J. Hellenthal
>
> The fact that there's a highway to Hell but only a stairway to Heaven says
> a lot about anticipated traffic volume.
>
> > On Dec 31, 2019, at 04:05, John Adams <jna () retina net> wrote:
> >
> > because no one should know what you read about or check out at wikipedia
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > > On Dec 31, 2019, at 00:30, Matt Hoppes <
> mattlists () rivervalleyinternet net> wrote:
> > > Why do I need Wikipedia SSLed?  I know the argument. But if it doesn’t
> work why not either let it fall back to 1.0 or to HTTP.
> > > This seems like security for no valid reason.