Here's Why Your Static Website Needs HTTPS
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Every website needs HTTPS, including a static site with no login and nothing sensitive on it.
Their wordsSo that's precisely what I've done - intercepted my own traffic passed over an insecure connection and put together a string of demos in a 24-minute video explaining why HTTPS is necessary on a static website.
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