What is HTTPS Finder?
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Now updated with many fixes and the ability to ignore specific domains.
HTTPS protects your privacy, secures your data, and gives you verification that you are connected to the genuine server of the domain name.
When you view a page which is not on secure, HTTPS Finder checks to see if the page is also available on HTTPS, and if it is, allows you to switch to the secure version. You can optionally have it switch automatically.
HTTPS Finder is intended as a supplement to the EFF's HTTPS Everywhere extension which automatically switches you to HTTPS, but only for a known list of domains, whereas this extension automatically detects if a page is available on HTTPS.
The intention is to eventually allow the list of HTTPS-enabled sites that you have found to be submitted to the EFF for inclusion in the HTTPS Everywhere extension.
User reviews
- Effective on many sites, more so than HTTPS Everywhere
- Works pretty good
- Very useful when combined with HTTP Somewhere extension
- Can provide useful notifications about HTTPS availability
- Stops working over time
- Peaks CPU usage to 100% leading to battery drain
- Cannot blacklist sites that don't work well with HTTPS
- Spams notifications for every page that has issues
- Extension stops working over time
- High CPU usage and battery drain
- Combines well with HTTP Somewhere
- Notifications for problematic sites
- Effectiveness compared to HTTPS Everywhere
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Extension safety
Risk impact
HTTPS Finder requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk likelihood
HTTPS Finder has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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