Firefox’s SSL policy is not bad, you idiot

//edit: Did a quick mockup for what i think would be a better SSL error page, http://tinyurl.com/6qn24p (compared to the current SSL error page, http://tinyurl.com/6j6ymx )

"Until you sit down with my grandma for 2 hours painfully explaining how to use some feature in Microsoft Word, you don’t get to preach to the world about how Mozilla trying to keep my grandma safe is somehow against the freedom of the web."

Shame. He seems to be the only person in existence with technological illiterate relatives. Right?!?! Wait. No. I'd be willing to bet that everyone in here has had a similar experience of having to explain how to do something that we consider simple to someone else.

Technical people understand technical things because they know about other technical things to relate things to. Non-technical people don't understand things as well because its harder to relate things to them. Try explaining things in a way they (the person you're explaining something to) understands. Maybe it wont take you two hours next time.

If I had to explain SSL certificates to my grandmother (who travels a lot), I would compare them to airline tickets. First class is a SSL Certificate from Verisign (or some other company). It's the best you can buy (trust + encryption), but it's the most expensive as well. Coach seats would be the certificate created by a non-profit. It's not a first class ticket, but you're still on the plane (you still have encryption). Not having a certificate would be missing the flight after buying a non-refundable ticket. You wasted your money (no trust/encryption, its likely someone's trying to scam you).