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by justinschuh 4034 days ago
> Of course, this is unacceptable - but there are very few alternatives. For the record, we - rawstream - don't do this as its crazy to compromise security like this. So we had to find other means.

So, then you're using extensions, BHOs, API hooking, or some combination thereof depending on platform?

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Yes - any method that allows us access to HTTPs page content without compromising security.

Setting up MITM + certs is a PITA for most admins so we've tried (and I believe succeeded) in making deployment faster/simpler.

I see that you work on Chrome security - you guys do great work! You have to; one helluva of an attack surface + billion deployments.