Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment--20150810171627/@comment-26235098-20150811154421

Regarding https:

It is beyond me why https is not in place on Wikia. If the idea is to encourage people to join, well https would only be points in Wikia's favor, not against. Every self-respecting community uses https. Not only are people accustomed to it, they expect it. It is a security standard these days, and while it won't solve all security issues, it certainly helps make it harder to intercept user credentials and other potentially compromising data.

I actually delayed joining Wikia for months, specifically due to the lack of https. I eventually got over my 'paranoia' but perhaps that 'paranoia' was well-placed.

I'd love to hear a good reason why Wikia doesn't use https, at very least for registration, login, and any transaction that contains user credentials.