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US government wants a single website security standard
We've known that most of the government's anonymous tiplines aren't secure, and Uncle Sam is implementing changes across the board to make HTTPS a standard for federal websites. It's a a "new, strong baseline of user privacy and security" according to a post by 18F, one of the government's internal data agencies. Once in place, this would effectively bring all federal websites up to the security standards many private sector outfits already employ. The White House has put the proposed and final versions on Github if you'd like to compare one against the other, too.
