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

[Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net>]

" the sheer amount of ppl left that have the older phones most likely are not going to Wikipedia anyway." 

Why? 





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----- Original Message -----

From: "J. Hellenthal via NANOG" <nanog () nanog org> 
To: "John Adams" <jna () retina net> 
Cc: "Constantine A. Murenin" <mureninc () gmail com>, "North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog () nanog org> 
Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2019 5:30:58 AM 
Subject: Re: Wikipedia drops support for old Android smartphones; mandates TLSv1.2 to read 

... 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.