[tor-bugs] #14097 [Website]: check.torproject.org is available over http

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#14097: check.torproject.org is available over http
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 Reporter:  colons   |          Owner:  Sebastian
     Type:  defect   |         Status:  new
 Priority:  minor    |      Milestone:
Component:  Website  |        Version:
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 I think it should redirect to https, although I honestly can't immediately
 think of anything useful you could achieve by MITMing it and lying to
 someone south of you.

 If someone is just typing 'check.torproject.org' behind someone who wants
 to wrongly convince them that they are or are not using tor, it doesn't
 really matter if the actual site is served over http or not; they can just
 not serve the redirect that you do. If someone bookmarks it, though, they
 start to be vulnerable.

 Might be intentional, though; do you suspect there are be scripts that
 don't support https hitting it?

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