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by ndsipa_pomu 576 days ago
> limited to non-HTTPS-mandatory browser APIs at that

Another trick that could easily be pulled by a malicious ISP/wifi provider is to insert a redirect into the HTTP page to go to an HTTPS site controlled by the attacker (presumably with some semi-related name so as to not seem suspicious to the user) and to then bypass non-HTTPS restrictions in the browser.