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FBI Rails Against Encryption – Redirects HTTP to HTTPS on Own Site

7 points by Alupis ↗ HN
The FBI has been railing against encryption of most/all forms as-of late. However, it appears even their own website is using the dreaded encryption by forcing all HTTP connections to redirect into HTTPS:

http://www.fbi.gov --> https://www.fbi.gov

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anon6_
How is this hypocritical? They'd get the raw request one way or another.
insoluble
It's hypocritical because it shows that they don't want random people reading data going to and from their website but yet they advocate that others should accept random snoopers.
woah
This is silly. They have no problem with https, as the root CAs are compromised. If you think that ssl is secure against governments, you are wrong.