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What is the point of using an http:// URL with a website like NPR. These popular sites all redirect to https://

Headers will be sent over the wire in the clear before any redirection can occur.

A localhost-bound proxy can fix this before the request leaves network interface.

I guess the "modern" browser fixes this for everyone else not using a ("modern") proxy.

I guess the "modern" browser fixes this for everyone else not using a ("modern") proxy.

Only if the site owner wants it so https://hstspreload.org/

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