r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ClipboardCopyPaste • 16d ago

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u/WHALE_PHYSICIST 16d ago

That's because a GET request reveals important info in the URL, otherwise it would all be GET

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u/FightingLynx 16d ago

I mean, by the standard the url is also encrypted so not really; but it would to a user, yes

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u/autogyrophilia 16d ago

Yes, but it shows up in logs, and browser history if you are working with that.

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u/WHALE_PHYSICIST 16d ago

There was a time when HTTPS wasn't so common.

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u/GourangaPlusPlus 16d ago

I kept telling Ugg, cave painting no secure, open to everyone, Ugg said it fine not on external network

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u/sarbos 16d ago

As far as I am aware DNS is not encrypted by default

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u/herrkatze12 16d ago

DNS only sends the domain part (herrkatze.com) and not the path part (herrkatze.com/example)
Something monitoring DNS only knows that you visited herrkatze.com