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To your first point: Firefox still lets you easily override a ssl error with 2 clicks. Go to the site, click "Advanced" and then click "Accept the risk and continue". Using the most up to date version of firefox on MacOS, Linux and Windows.


Only for certain types of ssl errors. The advanced button has been removed from some of the error pages.

*Although it's mostly been chrome. I did at least see it on Firefox while att tried to MitM errors during a recent outage.

I believe the recent att router bit-flipping issue resulted in the same.


I'm pretty sure that even FF won't let you easily override an error on a site with HSTS that presents an invalid certificate.




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