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Sued for using HTTPS: Big brands told to cough up in crypto patent fight

Stoneshop

Nice try, but you can simply query the server what transport encryption it supports. In fact, that's the first thing that gets done on trying to establish a secure connection, so that the server and the client can agree on one.

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