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Discussion on: You Wouldn't Base64 a Password! Cryptography Terms and Concepts for Developers

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(If the file and hash are on separate servers, the situation is a little different, but the improvement is not significant enough to warrant eschewing a better solution.)

Is it still useless if the file is served over an insecure connection (like a HTTP mirror) and hash is accessed over an HTTPS connection?