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		sbrazzy on Jan 21, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why does APT not use HTTPS? This can easily be solved by inflating the wire size of the file but the received download, transmitting junk packets, that fail to decode, but still look like encrypted noise to an eavesdropper.

anticensor on Jan 21, 2019 [–]

Not everyone uses fast unlimited internet.

ghurui on Jan 21, 2019 | [–]

Pretty much everyone using Debian flavored Linux is.

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