6 Apr
2022
6 Apr
'22
8:24 a.m.
Noel Chiappa wrote:
I have been told that at one point Google was
'downgrading' results
that used plain HTTP, instead of HTTPS, because they were trying to
push people to switch to HTTPS (this was when everyone was
hyperventilating over the Snowden revelations). Given the
near-ubiquitous use of HTTPS these days, I'd have thought that piece
of 'information credit engineering' by our tech overlords was past its
'sell by' date, and now serves primarily to block people from finding
the material they are looking for (as here).
I often include the search term "site:bitsavers.org".