What's a "D* Clearance"?

[yetanotherbob]

If you're just delivering pizzas I think a non-white surname may work in your favour

No good apparently - I DID apply for a delivery job and got rejected! Some psychometric test filtered me out

[mjcp]

Doesn't matter as there's no private information or credentials being exchanged!

It would be if I asked someone to register/pay/login on it. For public read-only information it hardly matters if its not httpS
Accessing the http link is "acceptable risk" in this usecase

Security isn't the only reason for an S... Their site(s) will be pushed down the rankings as the search engines want S by default...

(and anyway... did you REALLY check the entire site to see if they asked for info in another part of it?)


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[yetanotherbob]

Security isn't the only reason for an S... Their site(s) will be pushed down the rankings as the search engines want S by default...

Sure. Their site's ranking (or lack of it) is their responsibility. If they find reason to improve it, they could seek expertise for that.

My goal was to access and share the public material with an acceptable level of security.

(and anyway... did you REALLY check the entire site to see if they asked for info in another part of it?)
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No, because I specifically linked to a specific page where I think the content is relevant (and seems credible).
That page does not require any user information for access and has no unsecured "registration" or "payment" links on it, so that's fairly reasonable levels of due diligence on my part...

Agree it's good practice for websites to have SSL enabled throughout (and fairly easy/cheap to get a good SSL certificate - many domain providers/cloud hosts provide them as a free add-on) but not the end of the world if a a page with static, read-only, publicly-accessible text is presented over http.

PS: speaking of ranking, that page is also linked here: Why your name matters in the search for a job - BBC News

[quackhandle]

I thought it was a new qualification that the exam algorithm had given all the students.

qh

[yetanotherbob]

Something I want to add here is that despite the conclusions of that research I shared, I am personally very grateful for the opportunities I got in Britain and just the opportunity to live here in a relatively stable, peaceful, advanced, kind, welcoming, and high-trust society.

Every now and then I think about giving back to where I came from but if I do, chances are it will all be down a drain. Britain is where I feel at home

[ladymuck]

Did you find out what the D clearance is for? No need to share the details if it's proper secret squirrels stuff

[BackupBoy]

Did you find out what the D clearance is for? No need to share the details if it's proper secret squirrels stuff

A D* is the same as a *V clearance. Just without the asterisks.