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		bryanlarsen on April 13, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Socket.IO C++ We tried switching from SockJS to pure websockets and had to revert because it broke too many users, even though our website only supports WebGL (IE11, etc) and all communication is done over https/wss. One of the biggest problems was plugins like the zenmate privacy plugin https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/zenmate-security-p...

TazeTSchnitzel on April 13, 2015 | [–]

How do these plugins cause issues with WebSocket? Are they stripping SSL from connections? That makes me extremely suspicious of their authors. :/

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