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It's nice to see GitHub jumping to show action in regards to FireSheep and SSL security, and being able to implement something quickly.

I wish other sites were able to follow suit.

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They need users to be confident in their ability to run a secure service, especially when company secrets (source code, in this case) are on the line.

Also, their audience is much more likely to pay attention to things like FireSheep. I can just about guarantee that 9/10 Facebook users have never heard of FireSheep and wouldn't even notice if Facebook went 100% SSL tomorrow.

Edit: That said, I totally agree with your comment.

Probably more like 999/1000 Facebook users have never heard of FireSheep.

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