[HTTPS-Everywhere] Embedded imgur images seem to be broken

[Yan Zhu]

Bryn says Imgur will have a fix out either today or tomorrow.

yay!

On 07/31/2014 06:06 PM, Bryn Mosher wrote:
> Thanks! I'll see if I can reproduce with the extension and try to get it
> resolved.
> 
> On Jul 31, 2014 5:45 PM, "Yan Zhu" <yan at eff.org <mailto:yan at eff.org>> wrote:
> 
>     + Bryn of Imgur, who added the ruleset.
> 
>     On 07/31/2014 05:18 PM, Nicholas Bendler wrote:
>     > Hi all,
>     >
>     > A few days to a week ago, I noticed that on several sites embedded
>     imgur
>     > images would no longer load. I used the httpfox extension to see that
>     > imgur URLs were being 302-redirected to the image page, thus the image
>     > embed fails. This is a known imgur behavior for high-traffic referers
>     > like Facebook, but I was seeing this everywhere. I could not reproduce
>     > the issue with CURL and some test refers. I also tried modifying
>     CURL's
>     > user-agent string (I use Pale Moon instead of Firefox) but that
>     did not
>     > make a difference, either - I was still getting the actual image. Back
>     > in my browser, I disabled the HTTPS Everywhere rule for imgur,
>     reloaded
>     > a test page, and it worked again.
>     >
>     > I am using https-everywhere 3.5.3.
>     >
>     > --Nick
>     >
>     >
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Yan Zhu  <yan at eff.org>, <yan at torproject.org>
Staff Technologist
Electronic Frontier Foundation                  https://www.eff.org
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