(In reply to Honza Bambas (:mayhemer) from comment #5) > I think we could just disable this check when the channel's uri schema is "http" or when the channel is a detect-portal check I think that's a good fix too. > (I wonder if that would ever become https uri?) Users can technically set the URL to be a `https` one. I assume it rarely happens, as it kinda defeats the purpose. Some captive portals simply time out or block HTTPS connections, so it would completely fail to detect those networks.
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(In reply to Honza Bambas (:mayhemer) from comment #5) > I think we could just disable this check when the channel's uri schema is "http" or when the channel is a detect-portal check I think that's a good fix too. Note: I don't know if we have a good way of detecting if `the channel is a detect-portal check` > (I wonder if that would ever become https uri?) Users can technically set the URL to be a `https` one. I assume it rarely happens, as it kinda defeats the purpose. Some captive portals simply time out or block HTTPS connections, so it would completely fail to detect those networks.