Re: [PATCH] test: report.at: avoid tiny new failure

Akim Demaille wrote:

> (Why do we promote https https?  What do we actually gain?  I can see
> it make machines work more and waste more electricity which is quite at
> odds with trying to be kind to the planet.  So I guess there must be some
> real added value, but which one?)

https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/security/encrypt-in-transit/why-https

TL/DR: Prevents MITM (though in case of Bison downloads, checking
GPG signatures does the same, better, but must be done manually),
and user behaviour sniffing.

STL/DR: Google says so.

Regards,
Frank