Sending additional http headers using http.get()

Something like the ESP8266 WiFi module could possibly handle SSL/HTTPS internally. There seem to be sources in the SDK for it, so hopefully it'll only be a matter of time before there is an 'AT command' firmware update that supports it - and when that happens it'll be trivial to support in Espruino.

I get your point about authentication - however something like basic auth is trivial to implement, and would help to stop casual (or accidental) problems.