Every site benefits from HTTPS:
- It prevents malicious content being injected into the regular content. Hacked advertising networks have caused a lot of damage.
- Google punishes unencrypted sites by lowering their search result ratings.
- HTTP/2 allows faster page loads, and most browsers require https in order to use it
- It's free and easy via https://letsencrypt.org *
For Longecity in particular:
- Many people are posting about their personal health conditions. In professional settings, the need for security and privacy of health-related data is already well-understood, and often legally mandated.
- There are plenty of posts here about experimental treatments which could get the posters in trouble with local authorities, employers, or health insurance agencies if their activities were linked to their identities.
I've mostly moved away from Longecity and use Reddit now, because I'm waiting for them to fix this issue. (I would prefer to use Longecity, but Reddit protects my privacy by providing https)
* Longecity engineers: would you like some outside help setting up letsencrypt.org certificates?
Edited by hippocamelus, 17 July 2017 - 11:10 PM.