First of all HTTPS is totally unnecessary for 99.9% of the internet. The VAST MAJORITY of content is static, or dynamic but doesn't change per user, so it's not generally unneeded. HTTPS adds cost and complexity to the site that is probably not even necessary.
Second, encrypted email is nice, but also typically unnecessary. Think about the majority of emails you send? Are you sending credit card numbers and social security numbers in your email? No, chances are you saying "Bill slept with Jan last night" or some other stupid BS that nobody really cares about. Even in company email it's generally something like Did you do this? No, ok. However, in company email it's a little different because the mail server is behind a FW anyway so again, encryption becomes unnecessary unless you're trying to hide something from the employees.
As for FTP, seriously? Are we transferring bank account numbers via FTP now? Last time I checked FTP was just used for transferring random files, and assuming you don't have some CIA top secret documents you're transferring via FTP for some strange reason, it's perfectly fine. It's not like it's that hard to setup SFTP if you really need it, but chances are, you don't.
In summary, you must not be in the IT field or you would know that the general consensus is make it easy and usable. Security is only a concern when private data is really an issue (CC/SS/etc), and all of those type of sites are properly secured. And just in case you haven't noticed, every encryption technology that has ever been created, has already been cracked anyway, so it doesn't even matter if these technologies are used, they can still be cracked, and the data read. I'm betting the sheer volume of traffic over the internet is security enough.. nobody has enough time to go through all that.
You can't make a crap computer better by "optimizing" it. The best "optimization" in the world can only have minimal results on start up time of the system, it doesn't typically affect how fast or slow the system runs once it's turned on (unless it has 256M of RAM and you remove all of the start-up apps).
Here's how you "optimize" your computer:
-Get a random dual core proc (speed doesn't really matter)
-Upgrade your RAM to at least 4G (This is 2010 for God sakes 4G is a bare minimum at this point).
-Get a "cheap" SSD (for those that have never had one, you will be amazed at the difference).
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First of all HTTPS is totally unnecessary for 99.9% of the internet. The VAST MAJORITY of content is static, or dynamic but doesn't change per user, so it's not generally unneeded. HTTPS adds cost and complexity to the site that is probably not even necessary. Second, encrypted email is nice, but also typically unnecessary. Think about the majority of emails you send? Are you sending credit card numbers and social security numbers in your email? No, chances are you saying "Bill slept with Jan last night" or some other stupid BS that nobody really cares about. Even in company email it's generally something like Did you do this? No, ok. However, in company email it's a little different because the mail server is behind a FW anyway so again, encryption becomes unnecessary unless you're trying to hide something from the employees. As for FTP, seriously? Are we transferring bank account numbers via FTP now? Last time I checked FTP was just used for transferring random files, and assuming you don't have some CIA top secret documents you're transferring via FTP for some strange reason, it's perfectly fine. It's not like it's that hard to setup SFTP if you really need it, but chances are, you don't. In summary, you must not be in the IT field or you would know that the general consensus is make it easy and usable. Security is only a concern when private data is really an issue (CC/SS/etc), and all of those type of sites are properly secured. And just in case you haven't noticed, every encryption technology that has ever been created, has already been cracked anyway, so it doesn't even matter if these technologies are used, they can still be cracked, and the data read. I'm betting the sheer volume of traffic over the internet is security enough.. nobody has enough time to go through all that.
You can't make a crap computer better by "optimizing" it. The best "optimization" in the world can only have minimal results on start up time of the system, it doesn't typically affect how fast or slow the system runs once it's turned on (unless it has 256M of RAM and you remove all of the start-up apps). Here's how you "optimize" your computer: -Get a random dual core proc (speed doesn't really matter) -Upgrade your RAM to at least 4G (This is 2010 for God sakes 4G is a bare minimum at this point). -Get a "cheap" SSD (for those that have never had one, you will be amazed at the difference).