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Hacked in a public space? Thanks, HTTPS

Vic

sslstrip downgrades the connection

It doesn't. It just replaces https:// links in HTTP with a corresponding http:// link, pushing your browser to use HTTP rather than HTTPS. If you use HTTPS, it does not and cannot downgrade the connection.

Vic.

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