The certificate on https://reddit.com is invalid, so either the code wasn't working at all, which means it wasn't leaking, or it's not checking certs properly, which means changing it to https://ssl.reddit.com will still result in a MITM being able to capture traffic.
The certificate on https:/ /reddit. com is invalid, so either the code wasn't working at all, which means it wasn't leaking, or it's not checking certs properly, which means changing it to https:/ /ssl.reddit. com will still result in a MITM being able to capture traffic.