The protocol-relative URL (for web links)

Seen via a Hacker News thread.

http://www.paulirish.com/2010/the-protocol-relative-url/

Ars Technica on Gmail / email privacy and security

Op-ed—A plea to Google: Protect our e-mail privacy | Ars Technica

Somewhat good article, but it does not go far enough, IMO, and these are only recommendations by them. Who knows whether it will result in enough action by Google and others, given their vested interests. As for Twitter, they only recently started supporting HTTPS/SSL (in the last year or two, IIRC).