Weekly Update 510: Live From Mallorca with Scott Helme
Troy Hunt records his weekly update live from Mallorca with Scott Helme, reflecting on the 8-year anniversary of their "Why no HTTPS?" project, which was created to call out companies for failing to implement proper transport layer security.
Background
- **Troy Hunt** is an Australian web security expert who runs **Have I Been Pwned (HIBP)** , a free service that lets people check if their email or passwords have been exposed in data breaches. He also does a weekly "weekend update" video blog covering security news.
- **Scott Helme** is a UK-based security researcher and co-founder of the "Why no HTTPS?" project. He is known for his work on web security standards like Content Security Policy (CSP) and Certificate Transparency.
- **"Why no HTTPS?"** was a site (launched ~2017) that called out large websites still failing to properly enforce HTTPS — essentially using the list to pressure companies to secure their traffic. The project was later retired when HTTPS adoption became nearly universal.
- This episode, filmed in Mallorca (Spain), features a reunion/conversation between the two old friends and collaborators, reflecting on the state of web security since that project.