[HTTPS-Everywhere] Windows Live Hotmail HTTPS Compatiability Issue

[Peter Eckersley]

Andrew, 

This problem appears to be at Microsoft's end; although https worked for the
Hotmail account that we tested at EFF, it's clear that there are some where
for policy or technical reasons https isn't available. 

I'm CCing Caspar Bowden at Microsoft in the hope that he can shed some light
on why this might be the case and whether this limitation is expected to be
temporary.

On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 01:57:58AM +0000, Andrew G Theodoulou wrote:
> 
> To whom it may concern,
> 
> I'm a fellow advocate and user of your fantastic add-on; HTTPS Everywhere
> for Firefox.
> 
> However, i wish to bring to your attention, as also ask your expertise in
> trying to resolve a 'compatibility issue' i'd recently encountered. This
> occurs when logging onto my 'Windows Live Hotmail' account, with your
> extension enabled for 'Hotmail/Live.com'. I get the following 'error';
> please refer to attached picture for your perusal.
> 
> Having further probed under 'Advanced Privacy Settings' for my account, i
> tried to manually force my account to use the 'HTTPS Connection' but that
> doesn't work either.
> 
> Is there a way of bypassing that screen, when logging onto my 'e-mail
> account' without having to disabling the option for 'Hotmail/Live.com' via
> your extension, or you're aware of this and addressing this in your next
> build?
> 
> If you're able to provide a remedy, by all means please do so.
> 
> I kindly await your response pertaining to this minor issue.
> 
> Kind Regards Andrew
> 
> 
>  		 	   		  


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