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by implements 1914 days ago
I have the same problem with a BlackBerry Playbook tablet - great form factor but it doesn’t handle websites using modern SSL.

I believe you can work around this using another machine as an SSL proxy - though setting that up is beyond my ability. Perhaps someone else can elaborate?

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Indeed, proxies can work around the problem. I made this for Macs, but you could run it on a Mac and connect from a Playbook, or set up Squid yourself on a Raspberry Pi. https://jonathanalland.com/legacy-mac-proxy.html
I’ve used Squid as a filtering proxy in the past. Unfortunately, I don’t have a Mac, but this:

https://dev.to/suntong/squid-proxy-and-ssl-interception-1oa4

- looks like it might be a useful guide for setting it up as an SSL proxy.