[tor-bugs] #3533 [EFF-HTTPS Everywhere]: HTTPS Everywhere doesn't rewrite URLs passed as command line arguments to Firefox

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#3533: HTTPS Everywhere doesn't rewrite URLs passed as command line arguments to
Firefox
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 Reporter:  schoen                |          Owner:  pde
     Type:  defect                |         Status:  new
 Priority:  major                 |      Milestone:     
Component:  EFF-HTTPS Everywhere  |        Version:     
 Keywords:                        |         Parent:     
   Points:                        |   Actualpoints:     
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 In Firefox 5.0 in Ubuntu's Natty Narwhal, with HTTPS Everywhere
 1.0.0development.3, a URL initally passed to Firefox from the command line
 is never rewritten.  E.g.

 $ firefox http://www.google.com/

 results in a new Firefox process showing the unencrypted
 http://www.google.com/.  However, manually typing "http://www.google.com/"
 in the address bar of a running Firefox works correctly.  Also, running an
 additional "firefox" command once Firefox is already running results in
 the existing Firefox opening a new tab, in which the URL is properly
 secured.

 HTTPS Everywhere believes that the rule has been applied in that the rule
 is correctly displayed in the context menu and is green.  But in reality,
 the rule has not actually been successfully applied.

 I believe this problem does not occur in Firefox 3.6.18.

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