The HN rule wasn't there by default when I installed it, which was a while ago, admittedly. One way around this is to use HTTPS-Everywhere with another extensi

The HN rule wasn't there by default when I installed it, which was a while ago, admittedly. One way around this is to use HTTPS-Everywhere with another extension called HTTPS Finder[1] (Firefox only, AFAIK) that tries to load secure versions of any HTTP sites you go to, and writes HTTPS-Everywhere rules for you if it finds one. It asks if you want to add the rule or whitelist the unsecure version. Fair warning: you'll probably end up being annoyed with it fairly often, and have to whitelist more sites than you expect which have expired or improperly configured SSL versions. It's more than fine for HN's core audience, but it's not exactly ready for primetime for the average user. [1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/https-finder/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/https-finder/