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		stavros on July 16, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Three Dead Protocols A toy telnet server that requires me to send my Google credentials to a random server, unencrypted over the internet? Nice!

taftster on July 16, 2015 [–]

Well, at least you have a choice to send that information. Much unlike the majority of web browsing experience, where you send quite a bit of information without having any choice at all. The author claims it is a "toy" which basically means use at your own peril. c.f. happy fun ball

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