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> Chrome will automatically upgrade all http:// http:// navigations to https:// https://, even when you click on a link that explicitly declares http:// http://
by chromoblob 3y ago
> Chrome will automatically upgrade all http:// http:// navigations to https:// https://, even when you click on a link that explicitly declares http:// http://.
https: and http: authorities are totally unrelated. Here, https: server will receive and reply to requests that were intended by websites to go to http:, which is dangerous if the two servers aren't controlled by the same author. All in all, an insane change.