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> One edge case, while unfortunate, is not a very strong argument for why everyone sitting in Starbucks or McDonalds deserves to have their internet activity spied upon by anyone with a copy of Wireshark.

Who argued for that? Nobody has asked for SSL to be banned, or for SSL to not be available, or even that SSL shouldn't be the default.

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So... What are they arguing for exactly? Nothing?

I think they're just trying to point out an instance where the overhead of SSL connections is a burden.

It's interesting. It's something that many developers wouldn't think about, but it has a real world consequence for this user in this instance.

Yes, we aren't going to throw away SSL because they had a bad experience, but it IS interesting to note, and it may even lead a few developers to think about how their tools could impact the users in non-optimal conditions.

It doesn't have to be an argument to be interesting...

Yes, exactly this. HN, for example, is ONLY available on HTTPS. That means that most of the time I can't access it. (Right now the situation is better -- only 750ms ping :-)

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