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by nicholashead 2250 days ago
The bottom line is, there's no reason to request the non-HTTPS connection in the first place. And there's apparently no checks in the app to make sure it's connected to their real server.
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>The bottom line is, there's no reason to request the non-HTTPS connection in the first place.

The example I gave wasn't to excuse the issue, it was to maybe explain why the fix is taking so long.

> And there's apparently no checks in the app to make sure it's connected to their real server.

I don't think you can make that statement. The description of the issue only attempts to hi-jack the session, he didn't actually try to do anything with it. There may very well be checks in place.