HTTPS and how websites aren't using it properly

Although my activity here with blogging has been quite slim with me devoting all of my time setting up Techman's World IRC, I was reading an article today about how some websites, even major ones, are misusing HTTPS for it's communications.

Many sites use HTTPS for secure transit of material across the internet. The difference of course from normal HTTP is that data sent over HTTP is unencrypted, and otherwise unprotected from anyone wanting to snoop. HTTPS data packets are of course encrypted, making it harder to view data while in transit. Not to say that the protection is not fool proof; there are some shortcomings of using SSL/TLS, but generally it's better to use it than not to use it.

TechSNAP Viewer Discovers Critical Internet Explorer Flaw

You all remember TechSNAP, right? It's that very geeky show that is found at Jupiter Broadcasting. I wrote about them before, even posting a video of one of their shows that was probably helpful to all of you.

This time around, a user from TechSNAP submitted this flaw found in IE that describes that IE9 and IE8 in compatibility mode could mistakenly execute JavaScript code that was supposed to be displayed. Basically, it would render plain text as HTML, and then JavaScript could be rendered if it was put in that format.