[Suggestion] HTTPS and naked domains

https://www.reddit.com/r/xkcd_transcriber/comments/498t3s/suggestion_https_and_naked_domains/

created by [deleted] on 06/03/2016 at 19:44 UTC

6 upvotes, 2 top-level comments (showing 2)

Currently, the links in the bot's response are:

• A direct link to the image on http://imgs.xkcd.com[1], which supports HTTPS
• A link to the mobile site, http://m.xkcd.com[2], which supports HTTPS
• A link to the explanation on http://www.explainxkcd.com[3], which both supports HTTPS and works as a naked domain, without the outdated WWW prefix
• A link to http://www.xkcd.com[4], which both supports HTTPS and works as a naked domain, without the outdated WWW prefix
• A link to http://www.reddit.com[5], which supports, and in fact redirects to, HTTPS
• A link to http://xkcdref.info/statistics[6], which does not support HTTPS
• Two more links to http://www.reddit.com[7], which, as stated above, redirects to HTTPS

While I'm not too concerned about my comics getting mucked with in transit, it's generally best practice to use HTTPS when possible, especially when it's what I assume would be a trivial change to the code.

1: http://imgs.xkcd.com

2: http://m.xkcd.com

3: http://www.explainxkcd.com

4: http://www.xkcd.com

5: http://www.reddit.com

6: http://xkcdref.info/statistics

7: http://www.reddit.com

Comments

Comment by LunarMist2 at 07/03/2016 at 09:53 UTC

4 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Uhh sure, I guess.

I really should get xkcdref a certificate too. Just makes for best practice.

Comment by LunarMist2 at 10/03/2016 at 06:06 UTC

6 upvotes, 0 direct replies

And now we have https on xkcdref.info. Yay!