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Asked: 2026-05-15T00:01:58+00:00

I’m using gmail from work, but I need to enter a password for a

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I’m using gmail from work, but I need to enter a password for a proxy when accesing the first web page. The password is asked from inside the browser. I receive a certificate from the proxy which I must accept in order to make the Internet connection work.

Can my HTTPS connection, between gmail and browser, be tracked in this situation?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Fiddler describes it like this:

    Q: The HTTPS protocol was designed to prevent traffic viewing and tampering. Given that, how can Fiddler2 debug HTTPS traffic?

    A: Fiddler2 relies on a "man-in-the-middle" approach to HTTPS interception. To your web browser, Fiddler2 claims to be the secure web server, and to the web server, Fiddler2 mimics the web browser. In order to pretend to be the web server, Fiddler2 dynamically generates a HTTPS certificate.

    Fiddler’s certificate is not trusted by your web browser (since Fiddler is not a Trusted Root Certification authority), and hence while Fiddler2 is intercepting your traffic, you’ll see a HTTPS error message in your browser, like so:

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