Ah even funnier. If WordPress can't connect to http://api.wordpress.org via HTTPS, it downgrades to HTTP.
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IME this kind of idiotic behavior starts with a bug report of the form "it doesn't work in China"...
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Replying to @RichFelker @flameeyes
I've had to fight back against similar things on security review several times.
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