For example, I type superuser.com in the browser bar of Firefox, but it automatically goes to the HTTP site. I want the HTTPS site by default.
Another alternative is HTTPS Everywhere. It's available for Firefox, Chrome and Safari.
Since it is developed from the collaboration between EFF and the TOR project, I tend to believe this plugin more.
It's also open source and available under GPLv3 license.
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4Unfortunately, there is a bug which breaks the web socket related live updates on SE last I checked and reported it. – Alexander O'Mara Jul 17 '16 at 6:54
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Where is the download for safari with site only mentions chrome and FF? – 2426021684 Jul 17 '16 at 23:11
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@2426021684 Checkout the first link in my answer. You will find the links there. – Sibi Jul 18 '16 at 10:39
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6Please note that HTTPS Everywhere has a slightly misleading name. It's rule-based, so you need manually "whitelist" a website to be forced to go for HTTPS instead of HTTP if they're not pre-configured with the addon. It should be named "HTTPS Everywhere Configured In the Ruleset". – Adi Jul 18 '16 at 15:06
Firefox addon "HTTPS by default" works: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/https-by-default/?src=ss
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If my memory serves me right, this is the way to go for the time being. I do remember reading somewhere about various privacy oriented firefox derivatives coming with this addon, such as the tor brovser. – Jarmund Jul 16 '16 at 16:01
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3@DavidPostill HTTPS Everywhere works just fine with SE, but you might need to turn on the "Stack Exchange (partial)" rule set manually. – user Jul 16 '16 at 20:21
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1@DavidPostill That's because SE hates HTTPS on Meta ;) which should hopefully be fixed soon since CF is gone away – cat Jul 17 '16 at 2:57
Well, you can't do this automatically, there is no option in Firefox, like browser.urlbar.*
, for this.
So you either use one of the browser extensions mentioned in the other answers here, or as I'd suggest (avoiding usage of browser extensions you don't really need), just make sure that you bookmark https://superuser.com
instead of http://superuser.com
.
Now you can just type superuser..
in the browser bar and find the right link.
You can also restrict the suggestions in the url bar by using specific characters, for example, using * somtehing
(Asterisk) only finds matches in your bookmarks.
More examples: here
One more thing about HTTPS Everywhere: In addition to the issue with requiring predefined rules (as mentioned here in this comment), there is (or was, maybe they adressed this in the meantime) also the problem that HTTPS Everywhere saves the user preferences into the prefs.js
inside your Firefox profile directory.
So you end up with a lot of user_pref("extensions.https_everywhere.SITE, BOOL);
lines in your prefs.js
, maybe even thousands of entries that increase the size of this file and slows down load time. Not to mention possible privacy issues.
https://superuser.com
works for me. – DavidPostill♦ Jul 16 '16 at 15:38