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Originally Posted by Bowlsey
You don't have to pay for a certificate, you can create your own. The increase in HTTPS traffic for a browser game like PA is minimal.
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You misunderstood: the CPU time required to encrypt pages and (to much lesser extent) decrypt requests was one of the problems I referred to. The increase in the amount of data is indeed negligible. There is an increase in page load times, though.
With HTTPS, your phone battery would last a little shorter (communication is energy intensive), the server would need/use a fair bit more processing power, some time should be invested to add mod_ssl to Apache (or whatever web server they use) amd pages would load half a second slower; none of that is particularly world-shattering, though all are a nuisance.
All that said, I have yet to see any good reason why you would possibly need HTTPS for PA: do you really think there's anyone who cares about your PA account or activity?
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Originally Posted by Bowlsey
I have no problems submitting my email for registration, that is one off. Having to submit it everytime i log in however is more of a risk.
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Why is that a risk?