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HTTPS Everywhere is security theater. Encrypting everything creates pressure to cache encrypted content, using "caching services" such as Cloudflare. If it goes through Cloudflare, it's decrypted at Cloudflare. Cloudflare is a man-in-the-middle.

HTTPS Everywhere means MITM Everywhere. It makes interception easier.



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