[HTTPS-Everywhere] Rewriting to data: instead of https: scheme

[Chris Palmer]

On 12/10/2010 12:58 AM, Seth David Schoen wrote:

>> The issue I have is that the secure form at
>> https://secure.vimeo.com/log_in includes
>> http://a.vimeocdn.com/images/land_cloud.png and thus does not get
>> the "secure connection" badge. (See my attempt to work around this.)
>> But while clicking on the cloud image shows that the extension
>> replaced it with the local data: URI, Firefox still doesn't show the
>> badge.
>>
>> Is this a bug in Firefox, or did I miss something (in the rule) ?
> 
> This is a fascinating idea.  Does anybody know why it doesn't work?

I think I am missing something (again/as usual). HTTPS Everywhere
replaces http: with data: now? That can't work; you have to
base-64-encode the resource and put it in the URL, which the extension
could only do by downloading it...

Turning things into data: URLs is something servers have to do.