[HTTPS-Everywhere] HTTPS Everywhere bug?

Reginald Smith rsmith at sloan.mit.edu
Thu Jun 21 16:28:54 PDT 2012


Ok, thanks.
Reggie

On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 7:06 PM, Peter Eckersley <pde at eff.org> wrote:

> Hi Reggie,
>
> You have probably configured Firefox to use Anonymizer as an HTTP proxy,
> but
> not an SSL (ie, HTTPS) proxy.  So all your HTTPS connections are travelling
> directly from your machine, and HTTPS Everywhere just makes that more
> noticeable.
>
> On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 06:49:26PM -0400, Reginald Smith wrote:
> > Hi, I'm Reggie and I have been using HTTPS Everywhere for a while. I also
> > use Anonymizer NetShield while browsing. What I have noticed is that if I
> > use both, Google can detect my IP and location accurately while if I only
> > use Anonymizer, my IP and location are fully anonymized. I assume that
> this
> > is because the SSL connection with Google somehow bypasses the Anonymizer
> > tunnel but I don't know for sure. Is this something people should be
> aware
> > of?
> >
> > --
> > Reginald Smith (史瑞吉)
> > rsmith at sloan.mit.edu
>
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> Peter Eckersley                            pde at eff.org
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>



-- 
Reginald Smith (史瑞吉)
rsmith at sloan.mit.edu
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