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mr_bigmouth_502
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15 Aug 2014, 11:47 pm

Apparently hackers have found a way to use unencrypted YouTube streams to execute arbitrary code. This is why HTTPS is important. http://it.slashdot.org/story/14/08/15/2 ... clear-text



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16 Aug 2014, 4:01 am

I disagree - There are ways to stop streaming through a site like this - By getting rid of the youtube BBCode is one of them, and it's a cheap fix. Who wants to spend money on an SSL Certificate for an internet forum. Seriously.


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16 Aug 2014, 6:03 am

Why isn't WP itself running on HTTPS in the first place? It may have seemed trivial in the first place, but thinking about it now, it's not. A lot of people use this site, and if someone were to get hacked because their connection was unencrypted, or their personal information leaked because a non-member managed to crack the user-only sections, that would really suck.