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		purerandomness on Nov 2, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NeverSSL Typing 1.1.1.1 (Cloudflare DNS) or 8.8.8.8 (Google DNS) into the address bar does the same job, is quicker, can be easily remembered, and is safer.

judge2020 on Nov 2, 2019 | [–]

1.1.1.1 might be HSTS preloaded in the future (although not in the near future - there were issues with captive portals[0])

0: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src.git/+/36b8980...

JulianMorrison on Nov 2, 2019 | [–]

It's not an advertised function, so it might change. I just went to 1.1.1.1. It was HTTPS.

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