Re: HTTPS vs. HTTP ?

Miguel Cruz wrote:

Nobody thinks they're checking whether or not goodguys.com are good guys. It is your job as a consumer to research them. Once you have researched them and decided to do business with them, the certificate authority gives you a pretty solid basis for believing that you actually are dealing with the people you were prepared to trust. That's the point.

Miguel is absolutely right, and he probably did a better job at making this more clear, since I seem to be failing miserably. :)