Answer by music for Is "HTTPS Everywhere" still relevant?
As of 2021 Aug Firefox has baked it into their browser and Chrome will have it in the next few months. In firefox you need to go into its preferences to activate it (its off by default).So you no...
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I always thought HTTPS Everywhere was developed to prevent SSL-strip attacks, but maybe this is only a side effect. SSL-strip is still a problem though and with HTTPS Everywhere you can prevent it.If...
View ArticleAnswer by Bardi Harborow for Is "HTTPS Everywhere" still relevant?
Speaking as a previous ruleset contributor to HTTPS Everywhere, I have the following to offer.The HTTPS Everywhere project periodically tests all of their rewriting rules and disables those which fail...
View ArticleAnswer by Damon for Is "HTTPS Everywhere" still relevant?
This will certainly come over as controversial, but nevertheless it's how I see it...There is a bit of a misunderstanding in the necessity of HTTPS which was most probably spread deliberately. Like...
View ArticleAnswer by Qwertie for Is "HTTPS Everywhere" still relevant?
I have noticed there are still a couple of websites around which have https support but do not redirect http traffic to https. The extension isn't nearly as useful as it used to be however. A few years...
View ArticleAnswer by AlphaD for Is "HTTPS Everywhere" still relevant?
While improved awareness of HTTPS and HSTS have certainly brought security standards forward, there is still use for the HTTPS Everywhere extension:HSTS is great at protecting against HTTP downgrade...
View ArticleAnswer by BoffinBrain for Is "HTTPS Everywhere" still relevant?
HTTPS Everywhere certainly used to be more necessary during the days of mixed content and half-hearted website configurations. The web is certainly more mature nowadays, with technologies like HSTS...
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HTTPS Everywhere is a browser extension, a collaboration between The Tor Project and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, that automates rewriting requests for HTTP URLs to the secure HTTPS alternative...
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