Pornhub and YouPorn switch to HTTPS

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Considering that Pornhub gets 75 million visitors a day, I guess this is a pretty big deal. The sites’ switch to HTTPS will effectively “secure a significant portion of the web literally overnight,” and the adoption is considered a commendable feat due to the fact that it’s a video-centric site: it’s tougher to find a CDN willing to serve such a massive volume of encrypted content.

On April 4, both Pornhub and its sister site, YouPorn, will turn on HTTPS by default across the entirety of both sites. By doing so, they’ll make not just adult online entertainment more secure, but a sizable chunk of the internet itself. The Pornhub announcement comes at an auspicious time. Congress this week affirmed the power of cable providers to sell user data, while as of a few weeks ago more than half the web had officially embraced HTTPS. Encryption doesn’t solve your ISP woes altogether—they’ll still know that you were on Pornhub—but it does make it much harder to know what exactly you’re looking at while you’re there.
 
Pretty sure the web will fully encrypt now...which i'm fine with. No business, with $0.02 of worth, is going to allow anything other than HTTPS now. Why the hell would they possibly let their competition know what the hell their customers are doing.
 
Will this cut down on the pop ups and porn virus warnings etc? I mean I like Ron Jeremy as much as the next guy.... well "like" is the wrong word. How about "Respect"? But I don't need his secrets to making my penis bigger, or his creepy eyes staring at me while I watch some boobies.
 
Simplyfun said:
Some, depends what code they chose to transport their requests, but patching for it is pretty easy.
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I sometimes like to watch more than one at a time and will do something like this with multiple instances, lol,
 
While not related to porn, I've become quite wary of downloading router firmwares from non-HTTPS sites.

I'm far more scared of the meddling* of governments than the people who write/assemble custom firmwares for communication devices....

* the kindest thing I could say
 
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