[tor-bugs] #4399 [EFF-HTTPS Everywhere]: help.duckduckgo.com shouldnt be forced to https by HTTPS Everywhere

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#4399: help.duckduckgo.com shouldnt be forced to https by HTTPS Everywhere
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 Reporter:  Getty                 |          Owner:  pde
     Type:  defect                |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                |      Milestone:     
Component:  EFF-HTTPS Everywhere  |        Version:     
 Keywords:                        |         Parent:     
   Points:                        |   Actualpoints:     
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Comment(by Anna):

 I've been trying to learn rulesets and as I understand it, that sort of
 problem should just need an exclusion line added in the site rule so I was
 going to give it a shot but there's something strange going on here that I
 don't really understand.  Here's what I found trying to recreate the
 problem:

 1. When I visit the help page which appears to be http, the browser and
 Perspectives both register a certificate for *assistly.com (which looks
 like the website support company and the page loads a couple of images
 from them, possibly more) and neither the browser nor Perspectives likes
 that certificate.  If that's the problem the user is encountering, that's
 not a problem with https-everywhere.

 2. Beyond the security certificate problem, the addon doesn't appear to
 attempt to forward me to https and when I type https manually, it manages
 to forward me to http without a redirect loop and I can access the content
 just fine.

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