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Comment by rnhmjoj

1 day ago

Yes, but browsers moan if you connect to a website without https, no matter if it's on localhost or an onion service.

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creatonez  1 day ago

Tor Browser handles this, it treats `.onion` as a secure context.

tucnak  1 day ago

Well, you're not supposed to use Tor from browsers that don't explicitly support it. Tor Browser, Brave, and I'm sure some others really wouldn't mind HTTP hidden service traffic.

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