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# `debian-watch-uses-insecure-uri`

The watch file uses an unencrypted transport protocol for the URI such as http:// or ftp://. It is recommended to use a secure transport such as HTTPS for anonymous read-only access.

Upstream may already provide a HTTPS variant of the URI. If not, please contact them and ask them to consider adding one.

Severity: | `info`
Experimental: | `false`

## See also

- list of all the affected packages
- the source of this tag