Let's talk about HTTPS Everywhere

[Steve Flynn]

On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 11:29 AM, S Mathias <smathias1972 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Ok. It's a Firefox Add-on:
>
> https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere
>
> Questions:
>
> 1) But: Why can't i find it on the offical Firefox Add-ons site?: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/

Read the FAQ: https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere/faq/

> 2) Did anyone audited the "HTTPS Everywhere" code?

Who makes sure the auditor is clean. Only way to check this is to
check it yourself.

> 3) Can someone trust this Add-on? Is it safe to install/use?

I find it absolutely fine.

> 4) If it's so great why isn't it more prevalent?

Because it doesn't work everywhere with every page or site and would
cause untold hassle for users if they were not aware of it's activity.


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Steve
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