Comment by sangnoir
> State and other propaganda actors didn’t take it as a serious platform
Security was awful for both the client and server. Who needs a warrant when all the user data is an SQL injection away? Broswers not fussy about https, Java Applets, flash, browser toolbars, XSS - the Internet must have been like an open book for anyone with access to backbone traffic.
I remember when IE actually warned you when you went to HTTPS!