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HTTPS scan: should you enable it?
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<blockquote data-quote="avatar" data-source="post: 909921" data-attributes="member: 22875"><p>It would be very nice if you stop spreading this. First of all, AdGuard is a Cyprus company. Second, decryption takes place right on the device and not on some server, we can't and don't want to see your traffic. It belongs to you and it is subject to the law of the country you reside in.</p><p></p><p>Regarding the topic, despite some valid concerns, this is the only way for you to be in control of your browsers and applications. Just imagine, if perfect encryption existed, you would NEVER learn what Chrome sends to its servers. Or take any other app on your PC, you just wouldn't have the means to inspect them. I am seeing this all the time with modern IoT devices and it really bugs me that I have no way to audit them.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, "THE CHOICE" part of the article is very nice. You need to really trust the developer if you're going to use a product that does HTTPS scanning. By the way, the same is true for any browser extension as most of them can access the same sensitive info.</p><p></p><p>And one more thing. Despite all the talks and concerns, I never heard of any malware exploiting AVs HTTPS scanning (maybe I wasn't looking good enough). At the same time, I've heard, seen, and discovered myself hundreds of cases with powerful browser extensions being exploited for malicious purposes. However, there's a huge backlash to Chrome devs trying to limit extensions (see Manifest V3) in the name of security. The point is that this is natural for some tools to have access to web traffic, and people want them to have it. Long-term, if we want these tools to do it in a more "secure" way, we'd better work with OS vendors to provide a better and more secure alternative to HTTPS scanning.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="avatar, post: 909921, member: 22875"] It would be very nice if you stop spreading this. First of all, AdGuard is a Cyprus company. Second, decryption takes place right on the device and not on some server, we can't and don't want to see your traffic. It belongs to you and it is subject to the law of the country you reside in. Regarding the topic, despite some valid concerns, this is the only way for you to be in control of your browsers and applications. Just imagine, if perfect encryption existed, you would NEVER learn what Chrome sends to its servers. Or take any other app on your PC, you just wouldn't have the means to inspect them. I am seeing this all the time with modern IoT devices and it really bugs me that I have no way to audit them. Anyway, "THE CHOICE" part of the article is very nice. You need to really trust the developer if you're going to use a product that does HTTPS scanning. By the way, the same is true for any browser extension as most of them can access the same sensitive info. And one more thing. Despite all the talks and concerns, I never heard of any malware exploiting AVs HTTPS scanning (maybe I wasn't looking good enough). At the same time, I've heard, seen, and discovered myself hundreds of cases with powerful browser extensions being exploited for malicious purposes. However, there's a huge backlash to Chrome devs trying to limit extensions (see Manifest V3) in the name of security. The point is that this is natural for some tools to have access to web traffic, and people want them to have it. Long-term, if we want these tools to do it in a more "secure" way, we'd better work with OS vendors to provide a better and more secure alternative to HTTPS scanning. [/QUOTE]
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