Someone else finally understands what sort of game Google (et al.) is playing with attempting to make HTTPS ubiquitous and obligatory.

If you think it’s actually about security, you really haven’t been paying attention — and are susceptible to propaganda.

I got an awful email from Google last night saying that my blog has a security issue and Chrome would start warning people about it in October. Right off the bat you know it’s bullshit, because if it were a real security issue, how could they justify waiting until October?

Exactly. The only thing it’s making less secure is their dominion over the open internet.

Google will lie about security to accomplish a strategic objective. And a lot of people will believe them when they say Scripting News is a bad site. But over time, if they abuse the trust, they will lose it. That’s the way this works.

This isn’t some random schmoe. It’s Dave Winer, who invented RSS, was one of the first bloggers, and who is also responsible for quite a few other aspects of our digital lives.

I don’t trust Google even a bit. They don’t own the web, they didn’t create it, and I’m not going to submit to them. If you can’t read this site with Chrome, so be it. That’s their choice.

Like Dave, my site will never move to HTTPS. Screw Google.