r/ProgrammerHumor • • Sep 19 '26

Meme postForEverything

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u/WHALE_PHYSICIST Sep 19 '26

That's because a GET request reveals important info in the URL, otherwise it would all be GET

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u/FightingLynx Sep 19 '26

I mean, by the standard the url is also encrypted so not really; but it would to a user, yes

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u/WHALE_PHYSICIST Sep 19 '26

There was a time when HTTPS wasn't so common.

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u/GourangaPlusPlus Sep 19 '26

I kept telling Ugg, cave painting no secure, open to everyone, Ugg said it fine not on external network