# Try to force https instead of downloading remote images

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/try-to-force-https-instead-of-downloading-remote-images/23399>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [2014 年 12 月 24 日午後 2:06 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/try-to-force-https-instead-of-downloading-remote-images/23399 "2014-12-24T14:06:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [2014 年 12 月 24 日午後 9:32 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/try-to-force-https-instead-of-downloading-remote-images/23399/9 "2014-12-24T21:32:32Z")

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This is not the reason the feature exists at all. Download remote images exists so that images can’t be pulled or remote sites go offline, breaking your post when the image disappears.

You can use protocol agnostic URLs as well, in many cases.

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