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Re:How the US Hacked ISIS by 1vuio0pswjnm7 on Friday September 18, 2020 @05:21PM (#24522000)
What is the point of using an http:// URL with a website like NPR. These popular sites all redirect to https://

Headers will be sent over the wire in the clear before any redirection can occur.

A localhost-bound proxy can fix this before the request leaves network interface.

I guess the "modern" browser fixes this for everyone else not using a ("modern") proxy.

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Re:How the US Hacked ISIS by Drip33 on Friday September 18, 2020 @05:54PM (#24522261)
> I guess the "modern" browser fixes this for everyone else not using a ("modern") proxy.

Only if the site owner wants it so https://hstspreload.org/

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