[tor-bugs] #7217 [EFF-HTTPS Everywhere]: Facebook App Confusion

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#7217: Facebook App Confusion
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 Reporter:  Blackfire667          |          Owner:  pde          
     Type:  defect                |         Status:  new          
 Priority:  normal                |      Milestone:               
Component:  EFF-HTTPS Everywhere  |        Version:  HTTPS-E 3.0.2
 Keywords:  facebook, app, https  |         Parent:               
   Points:                        |   Actualpoints:               
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 There's an older app on Facebook called "Nations". Its developers have
 long since mostly given up on it, and certainly won't be updating the code
 any time soon, so I thought I should try and outline the problem here.

 Shortly after I installed HTTPS Everywhere, I started having trouble with
 the app. See, I can't access it using HTTPS; it either doesn't recognize
 me as a returning user and prompts me to start a new game or doesn't
 connect me with my account, so to speak, saying "[file] not found!" when I
 try to access my data.

 Sometimes the confusion occurs on Facebook's end, as well. While logged in
 to Facebook, I tried to access the app and was shown the Facebook login
 screen instead. I had to set a rule to disable HTTPS Everywhere for
 Facebook Apps, then close my browser and try again for the app to finally
 recognize me as the returning user that I am, and thus link me up with my
 data. It's bad enough the thing needs thrid-party cookies to operate...

 http://apps.facebook.com/nations/

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